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Office of Global Michigan praises President Biden s immigration reforms
February 3, 2021
Last month, President Joe Biden took the first steps in a broad effort to reform our country’s immigration system, including sending to Congress legislation that creates a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants. Yesterday, President Biden announced additional actions to help reunite and keep families together, address the root causes of irregular migration, and modernize and streamline the legal immigration system. In response to the president’s actions, Office of Global Michigan Executive Director Fayrouz Saad released the following statement:
“We strongly support the administration’s pursuit of robust and decisive immigration reforms. Immigrants continue to enhance our state socially, culturally and economically,” said Saad. “Immigrants and refugees continue to grow businesses, offer innovative ideas, strengthen ou