Photo by Leticia Ramirez.
It’s been nearly four decades since the last major overhaul of the immigrant visa system. In that time, immigration enforcement and detention has grown into a major for-profit industry and millions of people living in the U.S. without authorization have been in a state of legal limbo.
Both political parties have fallen short on promises of comprehensive immigration reform – and neither have come to a bipartisan agreement on what constitutes a just reform. A number of temporary programs have come into place in the interim, like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status.
Immigrant-led advocacy groups have stepped up their calls for Congress to pass measures to reform the visa system in a way that would provide de facto permanent residents with legal permanent resident status.
Today they are organizing a nationwide day of action. KGNU and Report for America’s Jackie Sedley spoke with Leticia Ramirez of United For Immigration Reform about the details.
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