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Any Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who wants to arrest an illegal immigrant in the District of Columbia will have to hope the target is sunning in Rock Creek Park or rowing on the Anacostia River. Homeland Security has ditched an interview requirement for spouses and children of refugees who want to come to the U.

Three vehicles piled with Russian illegal immigrants made a run at the U. Fewer than a dozen U. Pepsi, Cargill and several other companies will make new investments in Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday, saying it was the latest success in her effort to try to create opportunities in those communities that might keep future would-be migrants at home. Dozens of Central American migrants believed to have been heading north through Mexico en route to the U.

It eliminated key defenses against deportation and subjected many more immigrants, including legal permanent residents, to detention and deportation. IIRIRA defined a greatly expanded range of criminal convictions — including relatively minor, nonviolent ones — for which legal permanent residents could be automatically deported.

Immigrants are now banished for at least three years if they lived in the US without papers for six months; the banishment lasts 10 years if the immigrant has lived in the US without papers for a year or more. In February , President Biden introduced his immigration reform bill in Congress, known as the U. Citizenship Act. The bill aims to modernize our immigration system, keep families together, expand economic opportunity, address the root causes of migration, and restore United States leadership as a refuge for those fleeing persecution.

For other undocumented immigrants, the bill would create a temporary legal status for those present in the US on or before January 1, if they pass criminal and national security background checks, and pay their taxes. After five years, they would be able to apply for a green card. The immigration reform bill also aims for a regional approach to migration by addressing the factors driving Central American migrants to flee their home countries.

It would also set up new processing centers throughout the region in order to register qualifying migrants as refugees and resettle them in the U. The bill would also reform the family-based immigration system by clearing backlogs, reallocating unused visas, eliminating lengthy wait times, and increasing per-country visa caps.

Fortunately, you have already taken the first step in supporting comprehensive immigration reform by educating yourself on the facts. We encourage all those who stand for welcoming new Americans to contact their elected officials and urge them to support the U.