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- U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen is helping to introduce a bill to allow TPS recipients and their families to apply for permanent residency.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah civic and business leaders, DACA recipients and formerly undocumented immigrants called upon Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney to back bipartisan bills focused on immigration reform Wednesday, citing economic and moral imperatives. Leaders at the event, held at the World Trade Center Utah, emphasized the important role immigrants have in Utah's economy. As Utah emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, like most of the nation, it's confronted with a severe labor shortage. The labor shortage is expected to persist as Utah's unemployment rate trends towards its pre-pandemic ...

Venezuelan groups call on Florida Republican senators to back bill on citizenship Carmen Sesin © Provided by NBC News MIAMI — More than two dozen advocacy groups are calling on Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both Florida Republicans, to co-sponsor a bill that would put qualified Venezuelan Americans on the road to citizenship. The bill would allow temporary protected status (TPS) recipients to apply for legal permanent residency.  The Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and in Emergency Act, known as the Secure Act, was introduced in March by Democratic Se...

Supporters and activists argue that many TPS beneficiaries know no other home than the U.S. "We need today, for predictability and safety, to know that families will stay together here in the United States," Cardin said. The bill, which Van Hollen said is cosponsored by another 20 legislators, would offer more than 400,000 people currently under TPS a chance at a green card.  "We think we're in a much better position right now to be able to move forward with the SECURE Act," Cardin said. "We recognize there's going to be challenges. That's why what we're doing here in this news conference i...