US President Donald Trump, who has come into power with the alleged anti-immigrant slogan, has surprisingly proposed a legislation that could provide citizenship for nearly 1.8 million undocumented immigrants. This is a great news for the Indian diaspora as Indians account the most in the undocumented youth in US.
Earlier, it was reported that Trump’s new framework would benefit 700,000 Dreamers (came to US legally when they were children), who gained temporary legal status under an Obama-era program. But, according to the White House, Trump’s proposal would also benefit those who were brought to the US illegally as children. According to Trump’s proposal, the undocumented immigrants could become US citizens over a 10 to 12 year period if they met certain requirements.
The president’s proposal has been met with huge applause from immigrants, especially Indian community as they would be the biggest benefactors of it.
It may be recalled that last September, Trump proposed plan to rescind the Obama-era program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca), which enabled qualifying undocumented immigrants to obtain temporary legal status in the US and be temporarily protected from deportation.
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