The border security and immigration work group of the coalition of new Democrats, headed by the representative Gabe Vásquez, announced the border security framework and immigration of the new Democrats, an integral path to follow for Congress to ensure the border and reform the immigration system.
Under that mission, with the representatives Juan Vargas, Nydia Velázquez, Delia Ramírez and Angie Craig as Copatrocinadores, Vásquez presented the law for the strengthening of our workforce.
As explained, The objective of this bill is to end the chaos of mass deportations that are harming the income of small businesses and local economies throughout the country.
The Safe Growth Initiative, a national coalition of small businesses, supports this legislation. In August, the initiative supported the Law of Dignity, which also approaches to provide undocumented persons the opportunity to obtain a permanent legal status.
The bill offers foreigners who work in essential sectors, such as agriculture, health and emergency workers, a way to obtain permanent legal status, providing the stability that workers who constitute the backbone of the US economy need so much.
“Those who work hard, fulfill the norms and play a vital role in our economy should never be forced to live in the shadow or with the fear of a massive deportation,” Vásquez said. “These people do us good, contributing to the social fabric of our communities and dedicating long hours to feed our families, take care of our loved ones and maintain the economy underway. It is time for us to do them good, offering them the worthy path to the legalization they deserve and that US companies need. It is humanity, justice and the long -term strength of our economy.”
The law for the strengthening of our workforce grants a two -year conditional status to non -citizen people who comply with strict criteria and work in critical sectors such as healthenergy, agriculture, emergency response, education, hospitality, construction, home medical care and child care.
To receive the probation permanent permanent residence, according to the proposal of law, workers must:
- Work in a critical sector and a covered profession.
- Have been physically present in the United States as of January 1, 2024.
- Remain physically present in the United States during the validity of conditional status.
- Have been used in a profession covered for at least 100 days before requesting it. Maintain 100 annual employment days in a profession covered for 2 consecutive years.
- Pay a fine and be up to date with your legal obligations.
Workers who comply with these strict criteria and complete two years of conditional status qualify for legal permanent residence.
For his part, the representative Juan Vargas insisted that “at this time, Trump is implementing an uncontrolled anti -immigrant offensive. Families fear being separated. People who have spent decades living and working in this country are afraid to leave their children at school, go to their work and continue their lives. It is unacceptable”.
“As a proud son of Mexican immigrants, I know that immigrants strengthen our country. It is time to fix our failed immigration system and create better ways to obtain citizenship. I am proud to contribute to the presentation of this legislation that brings us closer to a migratory system focused on humanity, dignity and justice,” he said.
“The law for the strengthening of our workforce adds to the growing bipartisan impulse of the Congress to end the mass deportations that are causing labor shortages and loss of consumption in the immigrant community, factors that are reducing the income of small businesses,” Frank Knapp Jr., managing director of the Safe Growth, a national coalition of small businesses that represents more than 100,000 voices in this sector. “We are proud to support the legislation of Congressman Vásquez and other bills that address the concerns of our coalition.”
“It is encouraging to see legislators offer a solution to the important challenges that current immigration policies are creating for small businesses in our country,” said David Chase, vice president of most small businesses, an entity that leads the initiative for safe growth, a national coalition of small businesses. “Immigrants are a vital and irreplaceable component of the ecosystem of small US businesses, and these will have many more opportunities for success when undocumented people can obtain permanent residence, as allowed by law for the strengthening of our workforce.”
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