Travel Ban Repeal Gives Separated Families New Hope, But Reunification Will Take Time By Austin Landis Washington, D.C. PUBLISHED 4:20 PM ET Jan. 29, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:20 PM EST Jan. 29, 2021
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Mina Mahdavi’s son is three-and-a-half, but he’s still never had a sleepover with his grandma.
“We have a guest room, so one night they can,” she said. “That would be cool.”
Mahdavi has renewed hope that her mother, Parvin Chaichi, who lives in Iran, could soon spend time with her first grandchild. He was born in 2017, the year then-President Donald Trump banned travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, and she s only seen him once since then.
But the fact is that a nation penetrated every year by some 300,000 illegal aliens and in which some 11 million illegal aliens live permanently is not a nation experiencing immigration. It is a nation experiencing invasion and conquest.
The link, to a piece by the useless Federation For American Immigration Reform (FAIR) mentioned research by Andrew Sum of Northeastern University, and quoted a
Boston Globe piece titled
Analysis: 11 million illegals in the United States,by Cindy Rodriguez, Globe Staff, February 6, 2001. That figure, based on the 2000 census, has been used by Amnesty pushers since, but there’s no reason to believe it .
New York AG James: Biden s orders address issues state had sued over by Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square | January 22, 2021 10:00 AM Print this article
President Joe Biden’s first day in office was a busy one as he signed several executive orders that countermanded policies from the Trump Administration. Those orders allowed New York Attorney General Letitia James to breathe “a sigh of relief” as they impacted lawsuits the state has filed over the last two years.
In a statement, James said her office filed 76 lawsuits against the former administration over such issues as the 2020 Census, immigration policies and protections for the LGBTQ+ community.
Advocates for immigration reform may feel a sense of relief, but itâs a very guarded one as, on his first day in office Wednesday, President Joe Biden proposed to Congress a sweeping set of changes.
So-called Dreamers such as 22-year-old Jose Chiquito Galvan of Goshen, who are protected by DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, would get green cards â as would farm workers and people with temporary protected status.
And an eight-year path to citizenship, including background checks, would open up for the estimated 11 million people in the United States without legal status.
âFor those whoâve been involved in immigration advocacy work in two or three (presidential) administrations, weâre used to getting promises and there being shortcomings,â Chiquito Galvan said. âThe road has been long and arduous.â
Molly Butler / Media Matters
As President Joe Biden recently unveiled his plan to reform U.S. immigration policy, some legacy national and local media outlets have been quoting well-known anti-immigrant extremist groups to provide commentary on the plan.
Days before he was sworn in as president, Biden disclosed that he was going to propose ambitious plans for an “overhaul of immigration laws” on his first day in office, including creating “an eight-year pathway to citizenship for immigrants without legal status.” Qualifying immigrants would receive a temporary status for five years and then a green card once they meet certain requirements, becoming eligible to apply for citizenship three years later.