When President Joe Biden returns from his three-day trip to Las Vegas on Wednesday (17), he will speak with the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States and announce new measures on immigration and expanding access to educational opportunities.
According to a White House fact sheet shared with the CNN Biden will announce that some undocumented children and spouses of U.S. citizens will be able to apply for legal permanent residency without leaving the country starting Aug. 19, following an executive order he signed last month.
Biden’s outreach to the Latino community is crucial, and his allies have quietly pushed for more immigration enforcement to benefit those who have been in the U.S. for years to balance the administration’s aggressive border security measures.
The measure was seen as a direct appeal to Latinos, and according to the White House, it would target about half a million spouses of U.S. citizens and 50,000 non-citizen children whose parents are married to a U.S. citizen.
These are some of the other measures that are expected to be revealed:
The Education Department will release a proposed rule that expands the federal TRIO program — which provides low-income students with educational opportunities, including college visits and application help — and ensures that DACA recipients, or Dreamers, can enroll.
New programs to increase access to immigration services, including a Department of Justice program to expand volunteer legal aid at immigration court hearings and a new program through the Department of Homeland Security to increase U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ outreach to local communities.
Biden will sign an executive order establishing a newly formed White House initiative to advance educational equity, excellence and economic opportunity through Hispanic-serving institutions.
The president’s announcement comes after immigration took center stage on the second night of the Republican convention in Milwaukee, a contrast the president’s campaign is eager to make.
Source: CNN Brasil
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