Biden government plans to provide more facilities for legal immigration to the United States

United States government wants to facilitate legal immigration to the country, overturning many measures of the Donald Trump administration and widen access routes for foreign nationals, as reported on Monday The New York Times on the basis of a document to which you have had access.

The project, dated May 3, describes Possible actions by Joe Biden’s executive to expand legal immigration system, that Trump severely limited in his four years in office.

Divided into seven sections, the document offers detailed proposals to facilitate the entry of different types of immigrants, such as skilled and agricultural workers or relatives of Americans living abroad, as well as asylum seekers.

Among other things, Biden seeks to restore opportunities for foreign skilled workers through the program H-1B visas, create new avenues for entrepreneurs who wish to invest in the United States and facilitate asylum for victims of domestic violence.

To reduce barriers to access, they consider options such as reduced fees for applicants who apply digitally and respond to the long waiting lists that currently exist, by speeding up procedures, requiring less documentation and offering virtual interviews.

According to The New York Times, The backlog of pending citizenship applications has increased by 80% since 2014, to over 900,000 casesWhile other programs, such as the one that facilitates papers for undocumented immigrants eager to help police, have gone from five months to respond to requests to five years.

In general, immigrating to the United States has become more difficult, more complicated Yes more expensive during the Trump administration.

The newspaper notes that, if all the proposals included in this project become reality, Biden would not only end the limitations introduced by his predecessor, but significantly expand the possibilities for immigration to the United States.

Most of the changes, the diary notes, They can be achieved without having to approve the immigration reform that the government wishes to promote. and that it would provide a means of accessing US citizenship for millions of undocumented migrants living in the country.

This plan, presented by Biden on the first day of his tenure, should be approved by both houses of Congress and is opposed by Republicans.

The current government, meanwhile, faced a major crisis on the border with Mexico, with a sharp increase in the arrivals of migrants and asylum seekers.

(With information from EFE)

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