Comprehensive Border Security, Asylum Reform, and Legal Status for Undocumented Immigrants
This bill aims to secure the border through new infrastructure and mandatory employment verification while offering a legal pathway for undocumented immigrants already in the country. It creates a "Dignity Program" allowing individuals to work and live legally if they pay restitution, and it updates asylum procedures and legal immigration caps.
Key points
Mandates E-Verify for employers to check the work eligibility of their employees.
Establishes the "Dignity Program" offering deferred action on removal and work permits to undocumented immigrants who pay fines and pass background checks.
Provides a path to conditional permanent residence for "Dreamers" who entered the United States as children.
Increases border security funding, including physical barriers and technology, and reforms the asylum process by establishing humanitarian campuses.
Raises per-country caps for legal immigration and funds American worker training using restitution fees.
Status:
Introduced
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