Joe Biden To Offer 11 Million Immigrants Citizenship During First Days In Office
Joe Biden will be spending his first days as President asking Congress to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants.
Biden will reportedly announce the legislation on his first day in office in order to offer citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.
“It is a moral failing and a national shame when a father and his baby daughter drown seeking our shores. When children are locked away in overcrowded detention centers and the government seeks to keep them there indefinitely,” Biden wrote on his campaign site. “When our government argues in court against giving those children toothbrushes and soap. When President Trump uses family separation as a weapon against desperate mothers, fathers, and children seeking safety and a better life. When he threatens massive raids that would break up families who have been in this country for years and targets people at sensitive locations like hospitals and schools. When children die while in custody due to lack of adequate care.”
The LA Times reports that it will give Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) a faster way to citizenship but also voids any “provisions directly linking an expansion of immigration with stepped-up enforcement and security measures.”
The new legislation is a complete reform of Donald Trump’s restricted immigration policies.