[ti:US Congress Proposes Law to Give Citizenship to Millions]
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[00:00.04]Democratic Party lawmakers in the United States Congress
[00:04.40]introduced immigration legislation last Thursday.
[00:09.60]The proposed law would create an eight-year path to citizenship
[00:14.56]for millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States.
[00:20.00]The legislation would also provide a faster path to citizenship
[00:24.56]for those brought to the country illegally as children.
[00:29.44]Under the bill, immigrants who are not legally in the country
[00:33.92]can apply to become legal if they were in the United States
[00:37.88]on or before January 1, 2021.
[00:43.76]They must pay all required costs
[00:46.60]and, in most cases, must not have a criminal record.
[00:52.48]There are special requirements for Temporary Protected Status holders,
[00:57.72]agricultural workers and those who arrived in the United States as children.
[01:03.92]Such children are known as Dreamers.
[01:09.12]Hassan Ahmad is an immigration lawyer in the state of Virginia.
[01:15.00]He told VOA, "Having a criminal record
[01:18.60]or certain types of crimes on your record,
[01:21.52]or if you're a national security concern...would serve
[01:24.76]to prevent you...from getting relief under the bill."
[01:29.68]The first step for applicants would be to secure lawful
[01:33.56]prospective immigrant status, or LPI.
[01:38.24]That is a way to have legal permanent residence in the United States.
[01:43.44]LPI status would be effective for six years.
[01:49.44]But immigrants would have to wait at least five years
[01:53.00]to apply for legal permanent residence,
[01:55.56]also known as green card status.
[01:59.88]They would be required to pass security investigations
[02:04.00]and pay all taxes required by U.S. law.
[02:09.40]After three years of green card status,
[02:12.32]an immigrant would be able to apply for U.S. citizenship.
[02:17.80]Someone with LPI status could legally work and travel outside the U.S.
[02:24.08]and be lawfully admitted back into the country.
[02:29.00]Those going through the LPI process
[02:31.92]would be protected from being expelled from the country
[02:35.36]while the government is deciding their applications.
[02:40.72]Those living temporarily in the United States
[02:44.12]or visiting the country with a visa
[02:46.72]would not be covered under the bill.
[02:50.68]Those who can be or already are a part
[02:54.12]of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
[02:57.76]will be able to apply directly for a green card.
[03:02.68]Other groups that may apply directly
[03:05.44]include Temporary Protected Status holders
[03:08.68]and those who have been agricultural workers
[03:11.56]for at least five years.
[03:14.84]These groups must then wait five years
[03:18.12]to be eligible for U.S. citizenship.
[03:22.80]Under current immigration law,
[03:25.00]those who stay in the U.S. illegally
[03:27.60]for more than 180 days but less than one year
[03:31.60]are banned for three years from returning to the U.S.
[03:36.92]Those who are unlawfully present for more than one year
[03:40.64]are banned for 10 years.
[03:44.12]The bill calls for ending the three- and 10-year bans
[03:48.76]on people who lived in the United States illegally and then left.
[03:54.76]The United States is also preparing to admit
[03:57.88]up to 125,000 refugees each year beginning in October.
[04:04.96]That is an increase from a 15,000-refugee limit
[04:09.36]at the end of the administration of former President Donald Trump.
[04:15.28]The announcement could change the lives of people
[04:18.48]like Abdirizak Noor Ibrahim.
[04:21.92]Ibrahim is originally from Somalia.
[04:25.36]He left the country in 2004 and became a refugee in Nairobi, Kenya.
[04:33.44]Ibrahim and his family were approved
[04:36.04]to travel to the U.S. for resettlement in early 2017.
[04:42.12]However, then President Trump signed orders restricting travel
[04:47.32]from several countries including Somalia.
[04:52.04]Ibrahim told VOA that he felt bad hearing about the ban.
[04:58.40]"But now, I am so hopeful since there is a change of administrations,
[05:02.80]I will be accepted and taken to the country," he said.
[05:08.40]The president decides the upper limit of admitted refugees in October
[05:13.88]and sends the plans to Congress.
[05:17.52]Yael Schacher is with Refugee International.
[05:21.72]She said over 35,000 refugees had been approved
[05:26.04]by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
[05:29.80]as of December 2020.
[05:33.56]The U.S. State Department says about 11,814 refugees
[05:39.56]arrived in the United States in 2020.
[05:44.08]Schacher said, "People who are resettled in the United States already,
[05:48.92]who came as refugees, have the ability to apply
[05:52.52]to have their family members to resettle as refugees, as well."
[05:58.24]Supporters of Trump's immigration plan warn against
[06:02.12]undoing policies they consider important to America's safety.
[06:08.04]Lora Ries is a researcher at The Heritage Foundation,
[06:12.00]a conservative research group.
[06:15.28]She said there was a study of the program
[06:17.80]for security investigations of refugees
[06:20.52]at the beginning of the Trump administration.
[06:24.28]She said that policy should be repeated by future administrations.
[06:30.56]"It should not be thrown out by the new administration
[06:34.00]just because Trump's name was attached to it," she told VOA.
[06:40.08]I'm Jonathan Evans.
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