Immigration, that is, the arrival of thousands of illegal migrants, is one of the issues that are being elucidated in the presidential election campaign in the United States. He November 5, Americans are called to the polls to elect its 47th president, among Kamala Harris and donald trump.
More than 6.3 million migrants have been detained trying to enter the United States illegally during the mandate of Joe Biden. According to details the BBCthe figure is higher than that of previous administrations, both Trump and his predecessors Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
For Trump it is a huge and fundamental problem; For Harris, a very important issue, but one that does not require radical solutions, like those sought by the Republican. Positions to analyze the differences between the programs of boththis time we compare their proposals on immigration.
What does Harris propose for the immigration problem?
As a Senator, Harris voted against Trump’s border wall. In July 2021, Biden chose her to examine the “root causes” of Central American migration to the United States.
At this time, the Democratic candidate has said he opposes family separationbut in his 2024 campaign he has not said anything about it. Harris favors allowing undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens to apply for green cards, explains NBCNews.
During Biden’s term, the White House supported a bipartisan bill (with input from Democrats and Republicans) that would raise the bar for asylum seekers to enter the country legally. The law was going to give the president more power to reject newcomers if unauthorized immigration at the border reached an average of 5,000 encounters a day for seven consecutive days, Politifact reports. But that bipartisan Senate deal languished after Trump urged his people in Congress to block it.
At the time, Harris promised to close private immigration detention centers, limit deportations and fight for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Now, in 2024, your main promise on immigration is to resurrect that law bipartisan that was put aside.
That rule would give the executive branch emergency authority to bar most migrants from seeking asylum. It would also raise the level of demand to pass the initial asylum controls and for the asylum process. But on the campaign trail, Harris hasn’t said a word about asylum.
His campaign team assures that his position on border crossings is the same as that of the Biden administrationand that “unauthorized border crossings are illegal,” as reported Washington Post.
What does Trump propose for the immigration problem?
The former president defends that when it comes to immigration, the best thing is to be tough. He was already thinking about it in 2016 when he arrived at the Oval Office of the White House. Trump promised to deport all immigrants living in the country illegally. But he didn’t do it. Now, in 2024, he promises it again. Until He said (this Tuesday) that he wants death penalty for any migrant convicted of murder to an American.
His campaign website reads: “The president Trump will end Biden’s border disaster. It will once again end catch and release, restore permanency in Mexico, and eliminate asylum fraud. In cooperative states, it will deploy the National Guard and local law enforcement to help quickly remove gang members and illegal alien criminals.”
But once again details are missing; What is missing is not so much the what but the how. The Republican candidate has not specified the procedure to carry out the mass deportations. Nor has it explained where the necessary financial resources would come from if Congress does not substantially increase the credits.
Trump has said he would start by deporting criminals and turn to local law enforcement and the National Guard to help. In April, he told the magazine time that did not rule out building mass deportation camps and the use of the US military.
During his presidency, built around 725 kilometers of barriers along the southern border But many of them replaced old barriers in poor condition. Building more wall would require the cooperation of Congress, which would have to bless the funding. Additionally, much of the border is on land that is privately owned or protected by the federal government.
He also failed to keep his promise to end people’s right to become U.S. citizens if they are born in the U.S. In 2024, Trump promises to completely suspend resettlement program of refugees.
The former president wants to revoke the student visas radical anti-American and anti-Semitic foreigners in colleges and universities. But he has not said what that ideological revision would consist of. He also wants to end the mobile phone app that immigrants use to access Customs and Border Protection services. And it was his administration that launched the tool in 2020.
Trump wants end work permits for immigrants who have arrived illegally. He tried during his presidency, but the Supreme Court ruled against it. Since its legality is not resolved, the case is expected to reach the Supreme Court again.
Finally, if you win you want illegalize the distribution of social benefits to immigrants in an irregular situation. Also, invoke the Alien Enemies Act to deport gang members and designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
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