Dreamers expect radical changes under the Biden administration

Within immigrant communities currently residing in the US, there is one known as Dreamers, which refers to young immigrants who were brought to the country without legal documentation when they were minors.

Many of them have lived in the US for several years and remember almost nothing about their countries of origin. Nowadays, thousands of Dreamers are enrolled in a program called DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). The Obama administration implemented this immigration benefit in 2012, which offers protection from deportation for two years with the possibility of extension. Under DACA, eligible Dreamers can also apply for a legal work permit and access other social benefits.

However, former President Donald Trump tried to eradicate DACA from alternatives offered to immigrants in the US, stating that granting benefits to undocumented immigrants would be like rewarding irregular immigration and encouraging more people to cross the country’s borders without documentation, violating local immigration law.

Thus, for the past four years, this program has been on the tightrope and DACA recipients have been in constant fear of deportation and Trump’s restrictive policies. Now that Joe Biden is leading the US administration, Dreamers hope to have better benefits and permanent solutions since they are also part of the country’s workforce and are usually essential workers in all kinds of important sectors such as the healthcare system, technology, engineering, education, inter alia.

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Democrats reintroduce “American Dream and Promise Act”

On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, three Democratic members of the US House of Representatives reintroduced the “American Dream and Promise Act,” which was first released in 2019 but was never approved by the Senate because there was a majority of Republican members who did not support the proposal.

Broadly speaking, this Act would:

• Offer 10-year conditional permanent residence to Dreamers, as long as they meet mandatory requirements.
• Cancel removal orders of certain beneficiaries of TPS (Temporary Protected Status) or DED (Deferred Enforced Departure) and, as long as they meet mandatory requirements, they could apply for lawful permanent residence.
• Simplify the process for Dreamers who are DACA recipients to apply for conditional permanent residence, as long as they meet mandatory requirements.

Some of the mandatory requirements are:

• Dreamers must be enrolled in or have completed specific education programs.
• The process would be easier for DACA recipients as long as their renewal applications have not been rejected.
• TPS or DED beneficiaries must pass criminal background checks.

Lucille Roybal-Allard, the House member who publicly announced the reintroduction of the “American Dream and Promise Act,” argued that this is just one of the steps necessary to reform the immigration system and openly stated, “I am grateful that President Biden has made immigration reform a priority and has preserved and fortified the DACA program in the US Citizenship Act.”

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