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LurkerJ on 07 February 2024
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Shtinamin_ said:

This is what is inside the deal President Biden proposed.


Border Deal

  • $60.1 Billion in Military Assistance for Ukraine
  • $14.1 Billion in Security Assistance for Israel
  • $10 Billion in Humanitarian Aid for civilians of global crises, which include Palestinians and Ukrainians
  • $20 Billion in Border Investments which include the following
    • Customs and Border Protection will receive $7 Billion
    • $723 million of that will hire new Border Patrol agents and OT
  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services receives $4 Billion
  • Expanding the capacity of detention facilities by $3 Billion
  • Increasing screenings for fentanyl and other illicit drugs
    • DEA will receive $23 million to disrupt and disband fentanyl Mexican cartels in the southern border
    • State Department and USAID will receive $25 million for programs aimed at curbing the flow of drugs into the U.S.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement receives $8 Billion in emergency funding

Border Closure Trigger

  • Closes the border when +8,500 immigrants cross per day, or +5,000 immigrants cross per week
  • Unaccompanied minors from countries other than Mexico and Canada do not count towards that 5,000 or 8,500 total
  • Border may open once illegal crossing drop 75% from the initial closure trigger amount.
  • Additional Presidential Power to close the border if immigration reaches +4,000 people per day over a course of a week
  • During the closure, anyone crossing the U.S.-Mexico border will be quickly deported, with exceptions of unaccompanied minors and people who meet the requirements of the United Nations Convention Against Torture rules.

Asylum

  • Asylum seekers must show greater proof of refuge
  • Approved asylum seekers will receive a lawyer if facing rapid deportation
  • All unaccompanied minors under 14 years of age are granted lawyers during removal proceedings
  • Asylum Seekers may enter the legal ports of entry during the border closures. And officials would have to process at least 1,400 asylum seekers per day
  • States and Local governments will receive $1.4 Billion to handle the influx of immigration
  • Afghans entering will be given permanent residency and receive special immigrant visas
  • U.S. allied Afghans will be deemed as refugees and are entitled to special State Department protections or immediate removal from Afghanistan
  • All Afghans with immediate relatives who served in the U.S. military or are currently serving are given special immigrant status
  • 2,500 special immigrant visas will be offered a year, for a total of 10,000.
  • 250,000 new visas over 5 years for people seeking to join family members or work in the U.S.
  • Any immigrant seeking asylum is eligible to work
  • Work Authorized to the children and spouses of people with H-1B visas in specialized jobs that require a bachelor’s degree (tech and engineering jobs)
  • Any immigrant is eligible for work if they have a U.S. citizen spouse/fiancé, or if their parent is the spouse/fiancé of a U.S. citizen

Border

  • Continue construction of the wall that President Trump was building during his presidency

-New pathway for citizenship for children who accompanied their parents, who have valid work visa, and who could potentially lose their place in line for a green card at 21 years of age.

-Additional Presidential Power to hire more Border Portal agents and create yearly training requirements for non-lethal force, protecting due process and preserving civil and human rights

14.1 billion to Israel while committing suicide. Amazing. 

5k crossings x 52 weeks = 260,000, with chain immigration policies being this lax, it's not a fix. Lots of loopholes for asylum seekers as well, immediately eligible to work?  meh, the west is funding destruction so I can't say I care enough about this issue now or ever seeing what we're doing to Gaza. 

Republicans are a joke for sure, they didn't manage anything close to this when Trump was the man in power and they will not get anything as "good" as this if he's back. 

Well-played by the dems though, pretending their hand is forced into implementing more sensible stance on immigration including wall-building and exposing republicans' true love for deregulating everything including immigration.