The House of Representatives votes two bills to give immigration status to Dreamers, 'Tepesianos' and agricultural workers

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on Thursday two bills to reform the immigration system that seek to grant a path to citizenship to dreamers, beneficiaries of temporary protected status (TPS, for its acronym in English), and workers. undocumented from the countryside. 

Both proposals are expected to be approved by the Democratic majority, but they are unlikely in the Senate, where they need the backing of at least 10 Republicans. 

The proposal pushed by the White House seeks to unblock opposition against President Joe Biden's comprehensive immigration reform, which remains stagnant due to a lack of support in Congress even among Democrats, and is voted on amid a

sharp surge in arrival. of immigrants.

The number of asylum seekers trying to cross the border is at the highest level since March 2019, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said it

is on track to reach a 20-year peak.

[Biden reveals his immigration reform: Dreamers and 'Tepesianos' would obtain citizenship in 3 years]

The number of

minors who try it alone

also grows exponentially 

.

In February alone, the Border Patrol detained 9,457 unaccompanied minors, and so far this fiscal year, that number has reached nearly 30,000.

As of this Sunday, more than 4,200 unaccompanied immigrant children remained in the custody of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Biden released a message Tuesday to immigrants who plan to travel or are already arriving at the US border: "Don't come."

The Republican opposition blames the president and his immigration announcements for the border boom.

Mayorkas on Wednesday rejected the insinuations and stressed that immigrants have the legal right to request asylum at the border. 

Law projects

• Dreamers.

  The bill aimed at dreamers would grant legal status to young people who were brought to the United States irregularly by their parents as children.

  The requirements are: graduate from high school (or equivalent), have no serious criminal record, and meet other conditions.

  Later, in order to obtain legal permanent residence, or

  green cards

  , they would have to obtain a higher education degree, serve in the Army, or be employed for at least three years. 

• TPS.

  The measure also seeks to grant the

  green card

  to some 400,000 immigrants with temporary protected status, which allows temporary residence to people who have fled violence or natural disasters in a dozen countries.

• Agricultural workers.

  The other bill would allow undocumented immigrants who have worked for the past two years to obtain certified farmworker status.

  This would allow them to stay in the United States for renewable periods of 5 1/2 years.

  To obtain the green card, they would have to pay a fine of $ 1,000 and work up to eight more years, depending on how long they have been working in the fields.

With information from AP.