Tell me- why don't we release date8/19/2023 That includes another legal way for someone to come to America by seeking asylum because they’re fleeing persecution, like a lot of our ancestors did as well.Īnd for many people, that’s what’s happening at our southwest border now. There are visas for students to study in our colleges and other special categories.Īnd regardless of the legal pathway they pro- they process - they process them to require everyone be involved in following the law. An American company can sponsor an employee from another country. For example, an American citizen - an American citizen can sponsor an immediate family member from another country. Now, there are a number of ways to immigrate to America legally under our existing laws. They chase their own American Dream in the greatest nation in the world.Īnd the story of America is the story of so many of your families - including mine, going back to the mid-1800s from Ireland. They flee oppression, you know, to the - to the freest nation in the world. To seek new opportunity in what is the strongest economy in the world. People come to America for a whole lot of different reasons. I don’t want to pretend there’s anything easy about it. I mean, it clouds the picture.īut let me explain what I’m going to do in - as clearly and plainly as I can. You know, I - I know it’s hard to see, but because our politics has been so divisive - you know it’s getting much better, as you’ve all observed, but it’s been so darn divisive that it - it clouds the picture. No one knows this better than the Vice President.Īnd to truly understand what’s happening there, it’s important to step back and see our - see the bigger picture here. ![]() And they rejected my recent request for an additional $3.5 billion to secure the border and funds for 2,000 new asylum personnel, another - asylum officers and personnel - and 100 new immigration judges so people don’t have to wait years to get their claims adjudicated, which they have a right to make a claim legally.Īnd the failure to pass and fund this comprehensive plan has increased the challenges that we’re seeing at our southwest border. On my first day in office, some of you may recall, who cover this area - and they cover it well - I sent Congress a comprehensive piece of legislation that would completely overhaul what has been a broken immigration system for a long time: cracking down on illegal immigration strengthening legal immigration and protecting DREAMers, those with temporary protected status, and farmworkers, who all are part of the fabric of our nation.īut congressional Republicans have refused to consider my comprehensive plan. Now, these actions alone that I’m going to announce today aren’t going to fix our entire immigration system, but they can help us a good deal in better managing what is a difficult challenge. Today, I’d like to - the Vice President and I would like to talk you about how my administration is dealing with our situation in the southwest border.
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