El presidente Obama anunció reformas significativas para renovar el sistema de inmigración del país. Obama no concederá amnistía a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados. En su lugar, la acción ejecutiva de Obama sobre inmigración incluye proporcionar protecciones temporales para millones de inmigrantes indocumentados. Estas protecciones permitirán a ciertos inmigrantes indocumentados permanecer y trabajar en Estados Unidos, al tiempo que reciben beneficios federales, como atención médica.
Obama’s Immigration Reform Plan
Dirigiéndose al público estadounidense en un discurso televisado a nivel nacional, el presidente Obama anunció que tomará medidas ejecutivas sobre la reforma migratoria. Algunas de las medidas de reforma de Obama se implementarán de inmediato, mientras que otras partes de su plan llevarán más tiempo. Lo más importante es que Obama está concediendo estatus legal temporal y proporcionando permisos de trabajo a casi cinco millones de inmigrantes indocumentados.
Under the plan, certain parents of U.S. citizens will qualify for deferred action and will receive a new legal status. To qualify the parent must have been living in the United States for at least five years, must pay back taxes, and must pass a criminal background check. While these parents will not be able to file an application for relief for six months, the benefits will be immediate. This means more than four million parents of son or a daughter who is a U.S. citizen do not need to live in fear of deportation and can continue being productive members of society.
In addition, Obama’s immigration reform includes providing temporary status to several hundred thousand children who did not qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program enacted in 2012. Notably, Obama’s plan does not include extending legal status protection to parents of undocumented immigrant children who qualified for DACA.
President Obama formally took action to initiate his immigration reform plan at an event in Las Vegas on November 21st, 2014.
Beneficios sociales y económicos de la acción diferida para los llegados en la infancia
In 2012, President Obama approved Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals that allowed certain unauthorized young immigrants brought into the United States to be considered for “relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings.” Young people who qualify for the program are eligible for an Employment Authorization Document to allow them to work lawfully in the United States. Under Obama’s recently announced immigration reform, the DACA, which provides temporary legal status, will be reviewed every three years.
At the time the program was announced, it was estimated that the 1.4 million children and young adults might benefit from the program. According to the American Immigration Council, the deferred action program provides significant economic and social benefits for this segment of society to improve their lives and to contribute to the U.S. economy.
First, the Council believes that the deferred action initiative allows beneficiaries to increase their standard of living by being able to lawfully work in the United States and have access to better educational opportunities. In turn, this will help state and federal governments through increased tax contributions. Furthermore, it is expected that the dropout rate for immigrant students will decrease because of the increased economic and social opportunities that are available to them.
Second, the Council believes that the deferred action program will not harm U.S.-born workers. The Council supports its argument by pointing out the fact that there are not high unemployment rates for native-born workers in parts of the countries with the largest number of immigrants. The reason is that immigrants do not normally compete with natives for the same jobs, based on their different education and experience levels.
Third, the Council also believes that the deferred action initiative will encourage economic growth. According to several reports, immigrants are more likely to start their own businesses; immigrant workers spend their wages in U.S. businesses; and immigrants fuel technological and scientific innovation.
Muchos de los beneficios económicos y sociales que se obtienen a través de DACA para niños pequeños también se aplicarían si el programa se amplía a personas mayores, incluidos padres de ciudadanos estadounidenses y titulares de Green Card. Sin embargo, queda por ver si la reforma migratoria de Obama incluirá un programa de acción diferida similar para adultos.
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