Calling for comprehensive legislation that addresses United States policies contributing to forced migration and displacement, promotes an immigration system that addresses the root causes of migration, reaffirms United States commitment to asylum, and provides a roadmap to citizenship for immigrants living in the United States.
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Latest Action · October 1, 2024
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This House resolution calls on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration legislation addressing what supporters view as root causes of migration. The resolution criticizes current U.S. policies, including broad economic sanctions on countries like Venezuela and Cuba, trade agreements that harm workers, weapons trafficking to the region, and insufficient aid to developing nations, arguing these policies contribute to forced migration. The resolution also calls for reforming the asylum system by expanding legal immigration pathways, providing legal representation to asylum seekers, reducing detention, and lifting work authorization waiting periods. Additionally, it urges the creation of a pathway to citizenship for the estimated eleven million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States and emphasizes the need for investments in developing countries to address poverty, climate change, and conflict. The resolution does not allocate specific funding or establish timelines but instead expresses the sense of the House that these policy changes should be pursued.
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