Ds will eliminate “unfair barriers to naturalization”, reduce application backlogs & make immigration processes faster, more efficient & less costly. 12/x
Ds will support reuniting separated children from their families & legislation to treat spouses & children of green card holders as immediate relatives.
Ds will work to end the 3- & 10-year reentry bars & remove the 10-year waiting period for waivers to the permanent bars. 13/x
Ds will work to end the 3- & 10-year reentry bars & remove the 10-year waiting period for waivers to the permanent bars. 13/x
Ds will expand the annual visa cap for victims of trafficking, domestic violence & other crimes, ensure equality for same-sex couples in the immigration system. “ 14/x
Ds will “preserve the critical role of the diversity lottery in our immigration system”.
Ds will work to extend labor protections to immigrant workers. 15/x
Ds will work to extend labor protections to immigrant workers. 15/x
Ds will end workplace and community raids and ensure enforcement is “humane and consistent with our values and international humanitarian obligations.” Enforcement at courthouses, schools, houses of worship, health care facilities, DMVs. 287g programs will end. 16/x
Detention will be a last resort & for-profit detention centers will end. Detention of children should be restricted to the shortest possible time with access to proper care.
Immigration courts will be independent & leaders of immigration agencies will be Senate-confirmed. 17/x
Immigration courts will be independent & leaders of immigration agencies will be Senate-confirmed. 17/x
A modern immigration system honoring our values is essential to recovering from the economic crisis and guaranteeing economic competitiveness. Ds therefore believe in improving and increasing opportunities for legal, permanent immigration. 18/x
Ds support awarding visas for permanent, employment-based immigration in a way that is responsive to labor market needs. Ds are for attracting and keeping talent in the US and will end Trump’s freeze on green cards. Instead, Ds will pursue a meaningful reform agenda. 19/x
My impressions. It’s strong on family and humanitarian immigration issues. Less so on employment-based immigration. That may reflect the fact that the authors have not been advocates from the employment immigration world. 20/x
Joe Biden’s web site actually has a more detailed immigration plan (joebiden.com/immigration) with a lot more detail on employment-immigration including a promise to substantially increase employment-based green card quotas & eliminate quotas for Ph.D. graduates of US schools.21/x
The point of this summary is to give you a rough idea of the contrasting views of the two parties & a basic idea where Sanders and Biden agree on immigration (which seems to be a lot). 22/x. and end of thread. Good night, folks.
