universities with advanced STEM degrees to stay in the United States improves access to green cards for workers in lower-wage sectors and eliminates other unnecessary hurdles for employment-based green cards. The bill makes it easier for graduates of U.S. Grow our economy. This bill clears employment-based visa backlogs, recaptures unused visas, reduces lengthy wait times, and eliminates per-country visa caps.Promote immigrant and refugee integration and citizenship. The bill provides new funding to state and local governments, private organizations, educational institutions, community-based organizations, and not-for-profit organizations to expand programs to promote integration and inclusion, increase English-language instruction, and provide assistance to individuals seeking to become citizens.The bill also increases Diversity Visas to 80,000 from 55,000. The bill includes the NO BAN Act that prohibits discrimination based on religion and limits presidential authority to issue future bans. Lastly, the bill allows immigrants with approved family-sponsorship petitions to join family in the United States on a temporary basis while they wait for green cards to become available. It also provides protections for orphans, widows, children, and Filipino veterans who fought alongside the United States in World War II. The bill further supports familes by more explicitly including permanent partnerships and eliminating discrimination facing LGBTQ+ families. It also eliminates the so-called “3 and 10-year bars,” and other provisions that keep families apart. Keep families together. The bill reforms the family-based immigration system by clearing backlogs, recapturing unused visas, eliminating lengthy wait times, and increasing per-country visa caps.Lastly, the bill further recognizes America as a nation of immigrants by changing the word “alien” to “noncitizen” in our immigration laws. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may waive the presence requirement for those deported on or after Januwho were physically present for at least three years prior to removal for family unity and other humanitarian purposes. Applicants must be physically present in the United States on or before January 1, 2021. After three years, all green card holders who pass additional background checks and demonstrate knowledge of English and U.S. Dreamers, TPS holders, and immigrant farmworkers who meet specific requirements are eligible for green cards immediately under the legislation. Create an earned roadmap to citizenship for undocumented individuals. The bill allows undocumented individuals to apply for temporary legal status, with the ability to apply for green cards after five years if they pass criminal and national security background checks and pay their taxes.PROVIDE PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP & STRENGTHEN LABOR PROTECTIONS The bill creates an earned path to citizenship for our immigrant neighbors, colleagues, parishioners, community leaders, friends, and loved ones-including Dreamers and the essential workers who have risked their lives to serve and protect American communities. The bill will stimulate our economy while ensuring that every worker is protected.
The legislation modernizes our immigration system, and prioritizes keeping families together, growing our economy, responsibly managing the border with smart investments, addressing the root causes of migration from Central America, and ensuring that the United States remains a refuge for those fleeing persecution. The bill provides hardworking people who enrich our communities every day and who have lived here for years, in some cases for decades, an opportunity to earn citizenship. President Biden is sending a bill to Congress on day one to restore humanity and American values to our immigration system. Citizenship Act of 2021 establishes a new system to responsibly manage and secure our border, keep our families and communities safe, and better manage migration across the Hemisphere Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.
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