{"id":4650,"date":"2023-08-11T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binkley2024.com\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2023-08-11T09:41:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:41:33","slug":"the-border-security-and-dignity-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binkley2024.com\/the-border-security-and-dignity-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Border Security and Dignity Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4650\" class=\"elementor elementor-4650\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48a6190e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48a6190e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64d20069\" data-id=\"64d20069\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b988113 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b988113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Comprehensive Strategy to Secure the Border, Fix the Immigration System, and Provide Immigrants the Chance to be Productive Contributors to our Economy<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7d6d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7d6d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Department of Homeland Security Mission Statement:<\/span><br \/><\/strong>The Department of Homeland Security protects the American homeland from and prepares for terrorism and other hazards in both the physical and cyber realms, provides for secure and free movement of trade and travel, and enforces U.S. immigration laws impartially.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>To truly secure the homeland, a conservative Administration needs to return the department to the right mission, the right size, and the right budget. This would include reorganizing the department and shifting significant resources away from several supporting components to the essential operational components. Prioritizing border security and immigration enforcement, including detention and deportation, is critical if we are regain control of the border, repair the historic damage done by the Biden Administration, return to a lawful and orderly immigration system, and protect the homeland from terrorism and public safety threats. This also includes consolidating the pieces of the fragmented immigration system into one agency to fulfill the mission more efficiently.<\/p><p><strong>The Binkley Administration DHS will:<\/strong><br \/>1. Secure and control the border to end human, drug, and weapons trafficking<br \/>2. Thoroughly enforce immigration laws<br \/>3. Correctly and efficiently adjudicate immigration benefit applications while rejecting fraudulent claims<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7711ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7711ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c31b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1c31b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My plan deploys physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, technology, and personnel along the border where it is most effective. Specifically, it authorizes at least $35 billion in funding to enhance and improve infrastructure and technology between and at ports of entry. It also reforms the U.S. asylum system to make a final determination of asylum eligibility for most asylum seekers at the border within 60 days.<\/p><p>The plan provides Dreamers, including DACA recipients, and certain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders with an opportunity to adjust to lawful status. It also establishes the Dignity Program, which provides undocumented immigrants with an opportunity to obtain legal status if they meet certain requirements.<\/p><p>The plan would expand the statutory definition of \u201creturning worker\u201d to include any worker who entered on an H-2B visa in any one of the previous three fiscal years.<\/p><p>The plan would create a new uncapped temporary worker visa program for current unauthorized farmworkers called Certified Agricultural Worker (CAW) status. CAW visas would be renewable and five-and-a-half years in length.<\/p><p>The plan updates aspects of the U.S. legal immigration system with an aim towards protecting family unity, reducing backlogs, and improving employment-based opportunities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01d3574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01d3574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 1: Border Security<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e55358 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e55358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Border Security:<\/strong> Barriers and Technology.\u00a0Authorizes $25 billion, available in segments until fiscal year (FY) 2031, to complete \u201can impenetrable border infrastructure system.\u201d This system would include physical barriers and barrier levees. It would also include associated detection technology, roads, lighting, and technology to fully secure the border.<ul><li>The bill includes several provisions related to border infrastructure and technology, including investing in tunnel task forces, nonintrusive inspection operations, use of an electromagnetic spectrum, and more. It also updates current law to explicitly authorize the construction of physical barriers and barrier levees.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Ports of Entry.<\/strong>\u00a0Authorizes $10 billion over fiscal years (FYs) 2024 to 2028, or $2 billion each year, for improvements, including the construction of new ports or modernization and expansion of current ports as needed.<ul><li>Within five years, DHS must expand vehicle, cargo, and pedestrian inspection lanes at ports of entry.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Personnel.<\/strong>\u00a0The plan requires CBP to hire, train, and maintain by September 30, 2025 a minimum staffing level of 22,478 Border Patrol agents, 27,725 Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at ports of entry, and 1,200 CBP processing coordinators.<ul><li>The plan authorizes recruitment and retention bonuses, as well as special pay for personnel assigned to remote and hard-to fill locations. It also increases the minimum pay for Border Patrol agents at the GS-12 level by at least 14 percent.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Biometric Exit.<\/strong>\u00a0The plan directs DHS to implement a biometric exit data system at all air, land, and sea ports within five years. It authorizes $100 million in funding.<\/li><li><strong>Operation Stonegarden.\u00a0<\/strong>Under the plan, this grant program is funded at $110 million for fiscal years (FYs) 2024 to 2028, up from $90 in FY 2023. The grant provides funds to state, county, tribal, and other entities near the border to help enhance border security.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c83f541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c83f541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 2: Immigration Infrastructure Fund<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537661e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"537661e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The plan establishes an\u00a0<strong>Immigration Infrastructure Fund<\/strong>, which would be used to pay for the new infrastructure, personnel, and others costs associated with the bill. Under the plan, a fee of 1.5 percent would be levied from the income of individuals provided work authorization under the Dignity Program. That money would then be deposited into the immigration infrastructure fund.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e103844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e103844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 3: Asylum Reform<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b74a8af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b74a8af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The plan would reform the U.S. asylum system to adjudicate most asylum claims made at the border via an asylum officer within 60 days and prevent the release of most individuals from custody while they wait for a final determination on their claim.<\/p><ul><li><p><strong>Establish Five Humanitarian Campuses.\u00a0<\/strong>The plan would create five humanitarian campuses (HC\u2019s) managed by CBP along the southern border. Migrants would be held in these facilities. Asylum officers would conduct asylum interviews and make final determinations on these campuses. Migrants would have access to medical staff, licensed social workers, mental health professionals, child advocates, and private organizations that provide humanitarian assistance and legal counsel.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Initial Screening (First 15 Days)<\/strong>.\u00a0Under the plan, migrants would receive a 72-hour rest period. After that, HC staff would provide an initial screening within 15 days. Staff will conduct criminal background checks, analyze biometric data, verify identification, conduct medical assessments, screen for human trafficking victims, and perform an initial credible fear interview.<\/p><ul><li><p>Migrants unable to establish a credible fear during an initial screening are subject to expedited removal from the U.S.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>Secondary Screening and Asylum Determination (Days 15 to 60).\u00a0<\/strong>Within 45 days of passing the initial credible fear interview, a trained U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) asylum officer would review the individual\u2019s asylum claim and make a final determination. Asylum officers must deny, approve, or refer complex\/uncertain cases to an immigration judge.<\/p><ul><li><p>Asylum seekers would have limited options to request additional review of such decisions, with denials resulting in expedited removal.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>Referral to Immigration Judge.\u00a0<\/strong>For those referred to an immigration judge, the plan would create a system by which asylum seekers would receive a notice to appear, be released from the humanitarian campus, take part in a case management program, and be monitored via a GPS tracker and weekly check-ins.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>In-Country Processing in Latin America.<\/strong>\u00a0The U.S. would establish five facilities in the Western Hemisphere where migrants could be pre-screened for asylum, unmarried children under 21 with parents legally in the U.S. could be considered for family reunification, and potential noncitizen workers could learn about work visas or other pathways to citizenship.<\/p><ul><li><p>As part of this section, a new humanitarian visa would be created for individuals who choose to be pre-screened for asylum and have credible cases. The visa would be capped annually at the same level as the annual refugee ceiling.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>Sponsorship of Unaccompanied Minors.\u00a0<\/strong>The plan requires criminal history background checks \u2013 with biometric samples where appropriate \u2013 for potential sponsors of unaccompanied children and other adult members of the household, prohibit placement of an unaccompanied child with potential sponsors who are being tried or have been convicted of especially serious offenses, mandate regular follow-up calls with unaccompanied children once released, and impose heightened criminal penalties for fraud connected to the transfer of custody of an unaccompanied migrant child.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Two-Strike Policy.<\/strong>\u00a0Under this provision, anyone who crossed between ports of entry would be logged and directed to apply for asylum at a port of entry. If they tried to cross between ports of entry again, they would be subject to expedited removal.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f4ebde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f4ebde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 4: Visa Security & Integrity<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a489ab8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a489ab8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The plan would expand the Visa Security Program (VSP) managed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the 75 most high-risks posts worldwide, require CBP to employ electronic passport scanning and some facial recognition technology at airports, require a report on visa overstays, direct DHS to ensure the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is available to CBP officers at all ports of entry, and permit DNA verification of family relationships on a case-by-case basis with the intent to prevent human trafficking, among other provisions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c50631c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c50631c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 5: Transnational Criminal Organizations<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0d169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a0d169\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The plan aims to combat drug trafficking organizations, gangs, and criminals. It would require the DHS Secretary to designate certain cartels as Special Transnational Criminal Organizations and increases penalties for smuggling noncitizens into the U.S. if a firearm is involved. The plan also increases penalties for those charged with illegal re-entry to the U.S. In addition, the plan incorporates \u201cSarah\u2019s Law,\u201d which would mandate detention for certain noncitizens charged with crimes that resulted in someone\u2019s death or serious bodily injury.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db43f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db43f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 6: Mandatory E-Verify<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c1811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18c1811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The plan would require employers to attest, under penalty of perjury, that they have verified that a potential employee is not an undocumented immigrant. Employers must verify workers\u2019 employment eligibility through a new Employment Eligibility Verification System (EEVS) administered by DHS. If the employer gets confirmation that they are ineligible for employment after hiring a foreign national, the employer must terminate the employment.<\/p><ul><li><p>This section would become mandatory in different timeframes for employers, ranging from 6 to 24 months, depending on the number of employees: 10,000 or more employees (6 months), 500 to 10,000 (12 months), 20 to 500 (18 months), and one or more employees (24 months).<\/p><\/li><li><p>Employers of agricultural workers would have up to 30 months to comply with the provisions of the law regardless of the number of employees.<\/p><\/li><li><p>The plan would increase civil and criminal penalties for persons engaged in a pattern of systemic violations.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dbc480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dbc480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 7: Development in Central America<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e74445a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e74445a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The plan requires the Secretary of State to develop a four-year strategy to tackle the root causes of irregular migration from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, with a focus on strengthening the rule of law, tackling poverty, confronting gang violence, and other similar issues. The plan would also expand the investigation and prosecution of human smuggling and trafficking networks and increase the criminal penalties of smugglers to up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3d112a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3d112a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 8: Dreamers\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b420f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b420f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The plan incorporates a version of the\u00a0Dream Act, which allows young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives to obtain legal status. This section could allow up to 1.9 million Dreamers, including the roughly 600,000 DACA recipients, to live and work in the U.S.<\/p><ul><li><p>Dreamers and DACA recipients would be eligible for a \u201cconditional permanent resident\u201d status valid for up to 10 years that would protect them from deportation, allow them to work legally in the U.S., and permit them to travel outside the country.<\/p><\/li><li><p>To qualify as a \u201cconditional permanent resident,\u201d individuals must have continuously lived in the U.S. for three years, entered the U.S. at an age younger than 18 years old, and graduated high school and\/or be enrolled in secondary school.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Dreamers and DACA recipients can remove the conditional basis of their status to become a lawful permanent resident (LPR) if they achieve one of the following:<\/p><ul><li><p>Obtain a college or graduate degree;<\/p><\/li><li><p>Serve at least three years in the U.S. military; or,<\/p><\/li><li><p>Are employed and working for at least four years.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p>Applicants may be required to pay a fee of up to $495.<\/p><\/li><li><p>The bill would extend in-state tuition access in higher education to Dreamers and DACA-recipients.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67fe68d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67fe68d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 9: TPS Holders<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117be52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"117be52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This section includes a version of the\u00a0American Promise Act,\u00a0which allows certain TPS and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders to adjust to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. It could allow around 335,000 TPS holders to continue to live and work in the U.S.<\/p><ul><li><p>TPS holders would be eligible for LPR status if they have been continuously present in the U.S. for three years and were eligible for TPS status as of March 8, 2021, and meet certain other requirements, including a background check.<\/p><\/li><li><p>The provision would generally help most TPS recipients from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, but the cut-off date would not include those from Venezuela, Afghanistan, Haiti, and Ukraine.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Applicants may be required to pay a fee of up to $1,140.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8164bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8164bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 10: Dignity Program<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1276b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1276b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Dignity Program would allow undocumented immigrants in the U.S. to earn legal status if they pass a criminal background check, pay back any taxes owed, and meet other requirements. Participants must also pay restitution to be eligible.<\/p><ul><li><p><strong>Dignity Program.<\/strong>\u00a0The plan establishes a seven-year deferred action program that would grant employment and travel authorization to undocumented residents who have been continuously in the U.S. for at least five years before the plan was enacted. Under the program, participants must pay a fine and contribute to the American Worker Fund.<\/p><ul><li><p>The program requires participants to pay taxes and enroll in health coverage, while barring use of any federal means-tested benefits or entitlement programs.<\/p><\/li><li><p>During the duration of the program, participants would need to be gainfully employed or in school for at least four years with limited exceptions.<\/p><\/li><li><p>All noncitizens who are present in the U.S. without lawful status are directed to depart if they do not apply for the Dignity Program or participate in other alternatives.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>Restitution and Good Standing.\u00a0<\/strong>Participants must pay a total of $5,000 over the seven years of the program, check-in with DHS every two years, and remain in overall good public standing.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Continued Legal Presence.<\/strong> Those who successfully complete the Dignity Program would have two avenues for continued legal presence:<\/p><ul><li><p>1)\u00a0<strong>Dignity Status.<\/strong>\u00a0A five-year lawful status with employment authorization and the ability to re-enter the U.S., which can be renewed every five years;<\/p><\/li><li><p>2)\u00a0<strong>Redemption Program.<\/strong>\u00a0A five-year conditional redemption status with employment and travel authorization. Individuals must complete the seven-year Dignity Program to qualify. Upon completion of the Redemption Program, individuals could have an opportunity to adjust to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status.<\/p><ul><li><p>Individuals must learn English and U.S. civics, and contribute to their community, including through local volunteer work or continued contributions into the American Worker Fund.<\/p><\/li><li><p>The implementation of a mandatory E-Verify System and certification of a fully secure border must be completed before individuals can obtain permanent legal status.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>American Worker Fund.\u00a0<\/strong>The plan establishes a fund with contributions from the Dignity and Redemption Programs. The fund would manage grants to states and organizations to help U.S. citizens looking for work or transitioning to different careers. The grants would cover apprenticeships, work-based earn-and-learn programs, and educational opportunities for high-demand careers. The bill aims to cover the upskill or to retrain at least one American worker for every participant in the Dignity Program.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5954260 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5954260\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 11: H-2B Cap Relief<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac318cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac318cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A \u201creturning worker\u201d includes any worker who entered on an H2B visa for seasonal guest workers in any of the previous three fiscal years.<\/p><ul><li><p>The plan authorizes the Department of Labor (DOL) to investigate and take action as required to ensure compliance of the H-2b program, to establish a complaint process, and to impose remedies including temporary or permanent disqualification from the program for multiple violations.<\/p><\/li><li><p>The plan requires H-2B employers to develop and maintain worksite safety and compliance plans. It also prohibits employers or recruiters from receiving fees for the recruitment of H-2B employees.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f537924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f537924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 12: Certified Agricultural Worker (CAW)<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb2029e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb2029e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The CAW visa would be available for unauthorized immigrants who have spent at least 180 days of the last two years in agricultural employment.<\/p><ul><li><p>For unauthorized farmworkers who have not worked enough days to qualify, additional H-2A visas would be made available for those who have worked for a lower threshold of at least 100 days over the last three years.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Adjustment of Status.<\/strong>\u00a0After successfully maintaining either eight years of CAW status or four years of CAW status plus ten years of previous agricultural work experience, unauthorized farmworkers would be able to apply for lawful permanent resident (LPR) status.<\/p><\/li><li><p>The plan would also allow employers to complete their H-2A applications in a single platform.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af740b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af740b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Part 13: General Updates to Legal U.S. Immigration System<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f734cd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f734cd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p><strong>Spouses or Children of an LPR.\u00a0<\/strong>The plan would exempt spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents (LPRs) from current family preference green card caps.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><p>The 89,700 annual visas that normally go to spouses and minor children of LPRs (F2A category) would be reassigned to the F1 (unmarried sons and daughters age 21 or over of U.S. citizens) family preference category, increasing the number of visas for that group from 23,400 to 111,300 per year.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>Elimination of Backlogs.\u00a0<\/strong>The legal visa backlog is reduced to a maximum of 10 years. Individuals who have been waiting in the backlog (either family or employment-based) for over ten years will receive that visa.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Per-Country Caps.\u00a0<\/strong>The plan raises the green card per-country cap from 7 percent to 15 percent of the total number of employment-based or family-sponsored preference visas each year. This provision aims to reduce and eventually eliminate country-specific backlogs when combined with other reforms.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Documented Dreamers.<\/strong>\u00a0The plan protects Documented Dreamers from aging out of status once they turn 21 due to delays in visa availability.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>F-1 Visas for International Students.<\/strong>\u00a0The plan would change F student visas, reserved for international students, to be dual intent visas. In other words, international students would no longer be required to demonstrate their intention to go back to their home countries after completing their studies.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Employment-Based Visas: Derivatives.<\/strong>\u00a0The plan would prevent derivatives (children and spouses) from being counted against annual visa totals. Under this provision, only the principal applicant would count as part of the total visa numbers. 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