The Bill will grant undocumented people legal status. Each would pay $5,000, pass a criminal background check, pay any outstanding taxes, continue paying taxes. Those potentially impacting are as many as 11 million undocumented people
The Bill will grant undocumented people legal status. Each would pay $5,000, pass a criminal background check, pay any outstanding taxes, continue paying taxes. Those potentially impacting are as many as 11 million undocumented people. WHAT DO YOU THINK?t.co/x1rFQvcVUR
— James Weed (@JimBobW49) May 23, 2023
Other key points of the bill include:
Funding for border infrastructure and equipment
The development of a five-year technology investment plan
Funding for additional CBP agents and officers, incentives for retaining the current workforce, and increased training
$2.56 billion to the Operations and Support Account at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
$852 million to the Bureau of Consular Affairs and Visa Service at the U.S. Department of State
$225 million to the Office of Foreign Labor Certification at the U.S. Department of Labor
It would additionally establish regional processing centers in Latin American countries, where people could be pre-screened for asylum eligibility.If found eligible for asylum, they would be issued a humanitarian visa that would allow them to travel to the U.S. to have their claim addressed.
Similar “humanitarian campuses” would exist within the U.S. and anyone found to have an eligible claim of credible fear would have their asylum case determined by an officer within 45 days.
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