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It seems that President-elect Joe Biden will fulfill one of his main campaign promises and, the first day of his government, he will present a reform project for the naturalization of about 11 million undocumented.
The project was announced in a meeting with Hispanic leaders and immigrant advocates, who were even surprised by the immediate action that the Democrat would seek carried out The Associated Press.
Mistrust about the plan is because in 2008 President Barack Obama promised reform, which he tried to do until the second term, when DACA emerged.
On this occasion, the need to protect the undocumented has a special reason, since in the midst of the pandemic of coronavirus , at least nine million perform essential jobs, including labo agricultural products, supply in the food chain and food distribution.
“In these unique times… their crucial job as farm workers who harvest the food of Americans; employees who stock shelves of groceries, and delivery men who bring food safely home ”, points out a report from the Center for American Progress (CAP).
Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Center for Immigration Law acknowledged feeling surprised, since the government would go in the opposite direction to the president government Donald Trump .
“This really represents a historic shift from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda” , he said.
Ron Klain , Biden’s chief of staff, also confirmed that the president-elect will send an immigration bill to Congress “on his first day in office.” .
Domingo García, president of LULAC, was present At last week’s meeting between Hispanic leaders and the president-elect, he c ual confirmed the transition office.
“(On) his first day he plans to introduce immigration reform legislation and protect DACA beneficiaries ”, indicated the campaign without specifying about the undocumented.
In 1986 was the most recent immigration reform that gave relief to almost three million undocumented immigrants, promoted by Democrats and signed by the Republican president Ronald Reagan .
