New bill gives DACA and TPS recipients a path to citizenship

  • oeb11
  • 03-12-2019, 03:02 PM
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House Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday to provide a path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and people with other types of temporary immigration protections.

Although the H.R. 6 bill, also known as the Dream and Promise Act, was introduced by California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, the legislation's co-authors include Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., as well as New York Reps. Nydia M. Velázquez and Yvette D. Clarke, among other lead bill sponsors.
The announcement has given hope to people like Ana Argueta, 55, who has been living and working in the United States as a cleaning custodian for a decade under the federal program known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.
TPS is granted to countries ravaged by natural disasters or war and allows citizens of those countries to remain in the U.S. until the situation improves back home. In the past decades, previous administrations from both parties have renewed recipients' TPS status, but the Trump administration has said it would be ending TPS for a majority of recipients.
Though courts have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending TPS, families hope the Democrats' legislation, if passed, could give them a permanent solution once and for all.
"I think this is good," Argueta told NBC News in Spanish. "Now, we have to trust that, yes, it will go through."
Argueta, born in El Salvador, is one of approximately 325,000 people in the U.S. who have TPS status and could eventually become U.S. citizens if the new legislation is eventually passed. Salvadorans were eligible for TPS status in 2001 after an earthquake devastated the country.
The bill also provides a citizenship pathway to thousands of Liberians who have been granted Deferred Enforced Departure, known as DED, which is not considered an immigration status but shields a designated population from deportation.
"I ask lawmakers to please keep us in their conscience, and that they give us immigration reform. It is time. We deserve it. We've been contributing for a long time and we've been paying our taxes like everybody else," Argueta, who is also a member of the 32BJ SEIU workers union, said.
Pelosi spoke during a press conference announcing the new legislation.
"We look forward to a strong bipartisan vote to pass this bill," she said.
If passed, the bill will also bring protections to people like Jessica Garcia, who is one of about 800,000 Dreamers who have DACA status, which allows young undocumented immigrants like her who were brought to the U.S. as children to work and study without fear of deportation.
"This is bill is not about dreams, but about realities," said García, 21, who is also a member of CHIRLA, an advocacy group that works to defend the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees. "I'm asking Congress to pass a permanent solution that would permanently protect people like me."
According to Roybal-Allard, the bill would provide lawful permanent status to immigrants who were brought to the U.S. at age 17 or younger who are employed, in higher education or in the military. It would also give those who already are DACA recipients access to in-state college tuition, federal student aid and a pathway to citizenship.
"My experience as a young person of diverse background makes me a strong, passionate and determined U.S. citizen in waiting," said García, who considers herself "as American as 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' but with a proud Oaxacan heritage."

Veláquez agreed.
"She is an American in every sense but on paper, and today is the day that we're going to start reversing that," Velázquez said about García.
Amid a round of applause, Hoyer closed out the press conference saying that "as the majority leader, I am here to pledge that this bill is going to be on the floor."


People who entered the US Legally, and have built lives as law-abiding citizens who contribute and pay taxes, who have assimilated into America - deserve a chance to earn citizenship. Not an automatic award - but a pathway to earn citizenship in the US.
I am For IT!
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House Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday to provide a path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and people with other types of temporary immigration protections.

Although the H.R. 6 bill, also known as the Dream and Promise Act, was introduced by California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, the legislation's co-authors include Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., as well as New York Reps. Nydia M. Velázquez and Yvette D. Clarke, among other lead bill sponsors.
The announcement has given hope to people like Ana Argueta, 55, who has been living and working in the United States as a cleaning custodian for a decade under the federal program known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.
TPS is granted to countries ravaged by natural disasters or war and allows citizens of those countries to remain in the U.S. until the situation improves back home. In the past decades, previous administrations from both parties have renewed recipients' TPS status, but the Trump administration has said it would be ending TPS for a majority of recipients.
Though courts have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending TPS, families hope the Democrats' legislation, if passed, could give them a permanent solution once and for all.
"I think this is good," Argueta told NBC News in Spanish. "Now, we have to trust that, yes, it will go through."
Argueta, born in El Salvador, is one of approximately 325,000 people in the U.S. who have TPS status and could eventually become U.S. citizens if the new legislation is eventually passed. Salvadorans were eligible for TPS status in 2001 after an earthquake devastated the country.
The bill also provides a citizenship pathway to thousands of Liberians who have been granted Deferred Enforced Departure, known as DED, which is not considered an immigration status but shields a designated population from deportation.
"I ask lawmakers to please keep us in their conscience, and that they give us immigration reform. It is time. We deserve it. We've been contributing for a long time and we've been paying our taxes like everybody else," Argueta, who is also a member of the 32BJ SEIU workers union, said.
Pelosi spoke during a press conference announcing the new legislation.
"We look forward to a strong bipartisan vote to pass this bill," she said.
If passed, the bill will also bring protections to people like Jessica Garcia, who is one of about 800,000 Dreamers who have DACA status, which allows young undocumented immigrants like her who were brought to the U.S. as children to work and study without fear of deportation.
"This is bill is not about dreams, but about realities," said García, 21, who is also a member of CHIRLA, an advocacy group that works to defend the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees. "I'm asking Congress to pass a permanent solution that would permanently protect people like me."
According to Roybal-Allard, the bill would provide lawful permanent status to immigrants who were brought to the U.S. at age 17 or younger who are employed, in higher education or in the military. It would also give those who already are DACA recipients access to in-state college tuition, federal student aid and a pathway to citizenship.
"My experience as a young person of diverse background makes me a strong, passionate and determined U.S. citizen in waiting," said García, who considers herself "as American as 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' but with a proud Oaxacan heritage."

Veláquez agreed.
"She is an American in every sense but on paper, and today is the day that we're going to start reversing that," Velázquez said about García.
Amid a round of applause, Hoyer closed out the press conference saying that "as the majority leader, I am here to pledge that this bill is going to be on the floor."


People who entered the US Legally, and have built lives as law-abiding citizens who contribute and pay taxes, who have assimilated into America - deserve a chance to earn citizenship. Not an automatic award - but a pathway to earn citizenship in the US.
I am For IT! Originally Posted by oeb11
let them in. we need the workers. have you seen the waits to get a hotel linens changed? look at the lawns. Construction sites. fuck the service at trumps resorts has gone way down hill since all this "emergency"
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Libtards said they must speak English fuckn libs
Biggest haters
Xenophobes

Nobody murders more people than libs.
They ruin everything

MAGA
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Libtards said they must speak English fuckn libs
Biggest haters
Xenophobes

Nobody murders more people than libs.
They ruin everything

MAGA Originally Posted by Dickey9090
We get 85% of the Jewish vote

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We get 85% of the Jewish vote

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Originally Posted by themystic
Yes if Omar Didnt exist. And the dems did nothing about her hatred of Israel and the Jewish people.

Left always fail. Now they lost the Jewish vote

Trump has the blacks and Hispanics and now the Jewish vote. These were left voting at one time. Thank you OMAR THANK YOU PELOSI
DUMB LIBTARDS

LMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!
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People who entered the US Legally, and have built lives as law-abiding citizens who contribute and pay taxes, who have assimilated into America - deserve a chance to earn citizenship. Not an automatic award - but a pathway to earn citizenship in the US.
I am For IT! Originally Posted by oeb11

I'm not for it.


it just amnesty by another name.


don't think it will go anywhere. I'd be surprised if it does.
Are all of these kids who have been illegally entering the Country in the past months now DACA kids?

And will any other minor illegally entering the country in the future also become a DACA kid?

Where does it end?
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Are all of these kids who have been illegally entering the Country in the past months now DACA kids?

And will any other minor illegally entering the country in the future also become a DACA kid?

Where does it end? Originally Posted by Jackie S



I think the law was only intended for DACA kids who applied under Obama and I guess Trump admin.
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Yes if Omar Didnt exist. And the dems did nothing about her hatred of Israel and the Jewish people.

Left always fail. Now they lost the Jewish vote

Trump has the blacks and Hispanics and now the Jewish vote. These were left voting at one time. Thank you OMAR THANK YOU PELOSI
DUMB LIBTARDS

LMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! Originally Posted by Dickey9090
Dickey, Dickey, dickey...

Tsk tsk tsk.

You’ve made it longer than usual this time, haven’t you?

You had me going there for a while.

Hhahahahahahahahahahah! Good show, man!
I think the law was only intended for DACA kids who applied under Obama and I guess Trump admin. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
Sure, as of this minute.

But since the core problem has not been solved, there will be a constant flow of "it's not the kids fault they are here" immigrants, compelling us to do the same thing again, and again,and again..........

Our Grandkids will be faced with the same delima.
  • oeb11
  • 03-13-2019, 08:54 AM
Are all of these kids who have been illegally entering the Country in the past months now DACA kids?

And will any other minor illegally entering the country in the future also become a DACA kid?

Where does it end? Originally Posted by Jackie S

I support a pathway to citizenship ONLY for those in the country Legally under DACA and other

legal entry methods.
And- in the country law-abiding and tax-paying.

Those in the country illegally - Deport 'Em
I support a pathway to citizenship ONLY for those in the country Legally under DACA and other

legal entry methods.
And- in the country law-abiding and tax-paying.

Those in the country illegally - Deport 'Em Originally Posted by oeb11
Isn't that what we have now?

It ain't working.
  • oeb11
  • 03-13-2019, 09:25 AM
JS - Agreed- Congress controls Immigration into the US

Congress is tied up politically on both sides - using Immigration as a political pawn in Political Games
I am disgusted with the failure of both sides to reach a compromise in the best interest of US citizens.
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Sigh,,,it just amnesty by another name, with that said congress needs to get off there dumb asses and fix the system to legally enter the country -- hint shouldn't take 10 years
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Libtards said they must speak English fuckn libs
Biggest haters
Xenophobes

Nobody murders more people than libs.
They ruin everything

MAGA Originally Posted by Dickey9090
I don’t know about your flippant “murder” comment, but if you need to speak English to earn US citizenship, how the fuck are you a citizen? Or are you?