Immigration advocates are really pushing the Democrats, against the backdrop of difficult odds, for a better deal in a bill that is heading for a vote. It would be for those without legal immigration status. It would be for those millions of people living in the U.S.

Immigration Advocates and President Joe Biden Talk

On Monday, the immigration advocates did hold a call. This was hours before President Joe Biden did sign a major key of his legislative agenda. The huge infrastructure bill does include funding for roads, bridges, rails, and other construction.

However, there is still action that is awaiting the more controversial and hotly debated social safety net. Plus a climate spending bill. That is a big part of Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.

Immigration “Parole” Provision

Therefore, this bill includes in fact include an immigration “parole” provision. That would give the undocumenting immigrants, some who have been in the U.S. for decades, permission to work and a temporary 10-year reprieve from deportation.

Moreover, this would take the place of the other proposals. In fact, it would have given some immigrants those green cards which signify permanent legal status. That is, in fact, a route the advocates do prefer.

Getting Green Cards and the Uphill Battle

Because advocates do want to restore a provision that was yanking, it would, in fact, create a mechanism for undocumented immigrants who were here before 2010 to get green cards. Moreover, they would face an uphill climb to restore it.

The director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, Angelica Salas, has said that is basing in Los Angeles, has said thousands of group members do “want to create a path to citizenship that has begun with the legal residency. In fact, there is another temporary program.”

Threat of Deportation

The executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, Murad Awawdeh, has said in a Zoom news conference that represents immigrants of multiple racial and ethnic backgrounds, “There is always a threat of deportation. In fact, the real pathway to citizenship is a pathway for sure to stability.”

Quasi-Legal Status to Immigrants

Moreover, it is not the first time there have been undocumented immigrants who have to settle for less than they did hop for from Congress. In fact, recently, also in lieu of legislation, the administration has therefore provided what is being called quasi-legal status to their immigrants. Versus any kind of legalization benefit.