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President Biden proposes an immigration reform considered by experts as the most progressive one in U.S. history.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) administration on Wednesday hailed U.S. President Joe Biden's order to halt the steel wall's construction on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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"Bridges open the way to cooperation and understanding," Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretary (SRE) chief Marcelo Ebrard said as he welcomed other immigration reforms approved by Biden.
On his first day in office, Biden sent to Congress the U.S. Citizenship Act, which proposes to regulate the immigration status of over 10 million undocumented immigrants in the country.
If Congress approves the bill, those without legal status who have lived in the U.S. since before January 1 could apply for a temporary residency that could become permanent within five years.
Secondly at his Alamo event, Trump wants to show off his Wall
— Tomi T Ahonen (@tomiahonen) January 12, 2021
This is the Wall that Mexico was supposed to pay. Mexico has not paid one Mexican Peso.
And Trump was supposed to build 2,000 miles of the Wall. Only about 40 miles of new wall has been built
But Trump's sharpie.. pic.twitter.com/psHDW4sULl
Biden also introduced a bill that would allow the naturalization of about 700,000 young "dreamers," as those children who arrived illegally accompanying their parents are known.
The immigration reform, considered by experts as the most progressive one in U.S. history, also projects an aid plan for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Former President Donald Trump administration (2017-2021) took controversial immigration measures, such as separating families of undocumented migrants and beginning construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
#UnitedStates | Over 600 km of the Wall were built during President Donald Trump's administration on Mexico's border which covers 3,142 km. pic.twitter.com/QmIJ1eLnFt
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) January 17, 2021
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