103 House Democrats join calls for Biden to open up the immigration playbook

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Nearly half the House Democratic Caucus is calling on President Biden to put executive muscle into measures to help immigrants and asylum-seekers get work papers.

In a letter signed by 103 lawmakers, the Democrats laid out three legal avenues to allow asylum-seekers and certain undocumented immigrants to work legally, and for some undocumented immigrants to apply for permanent residency.

The House members joined calls by some Democratic senators and an array of labor, religious and civil rights organizations that have been pressing for the administration to adopt a more proactive approach on work authorization.

The lawmakers also underscored their support for expansion of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), but kept their specific policy suggestions to a set of targeted regulations.

“We write to urge the administration to use all the tools available to provide stability to undocumented individuals and recently arrived asylum seekers, seeking to work lawfully, support their families, and contribute to the economy,” they wrote in the letter, first reported by Politico.

“While this letter does not focus on Temporary Protected Status (TPS), many of these individuals come from countries that warrant a designation or redesignation of TPS, and we support those on-going efforts.”

 

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[thaibeachlovers]

Sounds like encouraging illegal behaviour to me. Enter illegally and we'll do our best to help you!

Are there not plenty of Americans that need help, like homeless veterans? Why not help them first?

[Tug]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Sounds like encouraging illegal behaviour to me. Enter illegally and we'll do our best to help you!

Are there not plenty of Americans that need help, like homeless veterans? Why not help them first?

I’m inclined to agree with you on this one it would indeed create a rush 

[ozimoron]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

Sounds like encouraging illegal behaviour to me. Enter illegally and we'll do our best to help you!

Are there not plenty of Americans that need help, like homeless veterans? Why not help them first?

The Republicans have been doing that ever since the wetback program. Do a whip round the vets associations and ask how many want to pick watermelons, work in meatworks or clean Trump's gold toilet.

 

The government turned a blind eye to Texans’ employment of these undocumented immigrants, even after hiring undocumented workers was declared illegal.

An estimated 4.6 million Mexicans entered the country legally through the Bracero Program between 1942 and 1964, and states like California soon became dependent on bracero workers. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers crossed the border without permission and found jobs on the farms of employers willing to flout the law.

 

https://www.history.com/news/operation-wetback-eisenhower-1954-deportation

 

[Tug]

There needs to be bipartisan legislation to address this issue instead of using it as an issue to attack the other side do your job legislators stop the theatrical b$