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Biden administration gives assurances to 'documented dreamers'

Biden administration gives assurances to 'documented dreamers'

THE White House has said that the Biden administration is taking steps to provide a legal pathway to citizenship to children of legal immigrants, commonly known as 'documented dreamers'.

Recently, a group of such youngsters, mostly Indians, expressed fear of being deported when they turn 21.


They are now living in the US as dependents of long-term non-immigrant visa holders, including H-1B workers.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

Many IT companies depend on this visa to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.

Under US law, children cease to be dependent on their parents after they turn 21. As a result, thousands of Indian children are facing being aged out.

A significantly large number of these parents are in a decades-long wait for a Green Card or the Permanent Resident Card, a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently in the country.

While responding to questions on the fear of deportation among a section of children in the US, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said: "Obviously taking steps to ensure we are providing a legal pathway to citizenship and especially for kids who came into this country, as you referenced innocently with their family members."

According to a White House spokesperson, president Biden has been clear that America's immigration system needs to be reformed.

"That includes improvements to the visa process. In the immigration bill he sent to Congress he's pretty clear. It reforms the family-based immigration system by clearing backlogs, recapturing unused visas, eliminating lengthy wait times and increasing per-country visa caps," the spokesperson said.

"The bill provides dependents of H-1B visa holders work authorisation and children are prevented from ageing out of the system."

In June, Congresswoman Deborah Ross and Ami Bera-led House colleagues in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas recommended strengthening of protections for children and young adults, who have grown up in the US as dependents of long-term work visa holders.

The letter recommended updating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) criteria to include the "documented dreamers" and adjusting the way the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) determines an individual's age.

"Around 200,000 children of non-immigrant visa holders, who know America as their only home, are at risk of having to self-deport to a country that is not home and be separated from their families because of decades-long backlogs in the immigrant visa system,” Bera said in a statement in June.

For the past several months, Improve the Dream, a group representing more than 200,000 documented dreamers, has been in the American capital to make their voices heard.

They have been receiving a positive response from both the Biden Administration and the US Congress. However, they have not been given a solution to the problems faced by the children of legal immigrants so far.

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