WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden celebrates new US citizens at an event at the White House on Friday, on the same day his government launched a government strategy to encourage more immigrants to become citizens.
“This is a dream of immigrants like you who build America and continue to inject new energy, new vitality, new strength,” said Biden in the east room, thanks 21 Americans who are naturalized to choose the United States as their home.
“We have seen it the clearest during this pandemic, with immigrants as the frontline workers and as scientists and researchers at the forefront of finding a vaccine,” he said at the ceremony with the group, which came from 16 countries and included several members of the US military.
Under the plan released by US citizenship and immigration services (USCIS) on Friday, border awaris u.S.
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Strategy to encourage citizenship, which was called by Biden in the order of February executives, contrary to the former effort to President Donald Trump to reduce the immigration of law and illegal to the United States.
Another USCIS proposal shows that US postal services make new stamps that highlight the contribution of stunned and celebrate the citizenship wider.
Biden Immigration Bill released earlier this year will provide a way to citizenship for an estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.
However, the bill failed to get traction in Congress.
Biden, who proudly notes that he descends from Ireland immigrants, now supports a series of narrower initiatives that enjoy more bipartisan support, including completing the status of the people who are brought to the country as children.
“We need an immigration system that reflects our values ​​and upholds our law,” said Biden at the event.
“We can do both.”