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Rep. Salazar Introduces Bipartisan DIGNIDAD Act Offering Legal Status Pathway for Long-Term Immigrants
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's legislation would create a pathway to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S. for more than five years who pass criminal background checks. The bill drew a cool reception from America First Policy Institute allies at a recent panel and endorsement from the House Problem Solvers Caucus.
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Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) introduced the bipartisan DIGNIDAD Act, which provides a pathway to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants who have lived in the United States for more than five years and can pass a criminal background check. The bill received a lukewarm reception from allies of the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit group.
Former California Republican Rep. Michael Garcia spoke at an AFPI Hispanic Leadership Coalition panel and responded to questions about the legislation. “All these calls for immigration reform are interesting.
They’re needed, and in many cases, they’re value added. We have to fix the leak, which is the open border policy. This is four years of very dangerous policy that has now placed close to 20 million people in our country,” Garcia said.
He added, “I want to fix the pipe first. I want to get an accounting of who is here. I want to get the criminals out of our society. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and an AFPI senior fellow who lives in Rep.
Gonzalez said he had purposely not read the legislation because he did not want to form an opinion on it. “We have one immigration agency. The more legislation you throw on top of it, [the] more work, [the] more things can fall through the crack.
You only got a finite number of people. Let’s talk about what we have now,” he said. , as does the Pew Research Center. President Donald Trump is in his second term and has heavily focused on cracking down on illegal immigration at the southern border.
