Organizations & Leaders' Critique of S.744
A statement by the Mexican American Political Association
Mexican American Political Association http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/3973
Publisher: Against The Current
Date Written: 18/07/2013
Year Published: 2013
Resource Type: Article
A statement by the Mexican American Political Association
Abstract:
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Excerpt:
After much reflection, we have concluded that S.744 does more harm than good to the cause of fair and humane immigration reform.
What follows is a more complete explanation of our major concerns about S. 744:
S.744’s Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) program will exclude and/or disqualify over time 5 million undocumented persons from adjustment of status.
With the exceptions of the beneficiaries of the Dream Act and AgJobs programs, S.744’s legalization provisions fail most of the 11 million undocumented people in the United States. According to the recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study only eight of the 11 plus million undocumented persons in the U.S. will initially achieve RPI status.
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