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The Schumer Graham Immigration Bill
The outline of the immigration bill Schumer and Graham presented to the president calls for illegal immigrants to admit they broke the law, pass background check, pay a fine and back taxes, learn English and perform community service if they want to get on a pathway to legal status.
The Schumer-Graham immigration bill is not yet fully developed and needs a lot of tweaking before it becomes a final bill on the president’s desk. Still, yesterday’s turn of events provides hope in desperate times to millions of families.
In the words of the sponsors of the bill: “Our plan has four pillars: requiring biometric Social Security cards to ensure that illegal workers cannot get jobs; fulfilling and strengthening our commitments on border security and interior enforcement; creating a process for admitting temporary workers; and implementing a tough but fair path to legalization for those already here.”
Few of its provisions such as biometric Social Security cards and “zero tolerance” for those who enter illegally are going to be wildly contested. Other aspects, like the failure to include plans for reducing backlogs and helping to keep families together, has advocates anxiously waiting to see what the actual legislation will resemble.
What seems perfectly clear is an honest commitment for legalization from all involved. Both the President and Senators decidedly acknowledged that the immigration system is broken and that America needs to fix it. Any new system created must regulate future legal immigration in a way that is responsive to the economy, ensuring that the flow of workers match closely the demand of our business community.
Abogados March 21, 2010 06:52 AM | Preguntas Para Abogados
