On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden rescinded a decision issued by his predecessor, Donald Trump, banning many green card applicants from entering the United States.
Trump issued the ban last year, and considered it wanted to protect employment in the United States amid rising unemployment due to the Corona pandemic.
Biden rejected that justification in a post repealing the visa ban, and said it deprived families of meeting in the United States and harmed commercial and economic activities there.
The US President also authorized the disbursement of federal financial support to cities that Trump has denied it, under the pretext that it is "a cradle of anarchic activity and support for violence."
Last week, Democratic US lawmakers introduced a bill for immigration and modernization of routes, putting an end to Trump's controversial immigration policy.
The text includes a pathway for about 11 million irregular immigrants to gain US citizenship within 8 years, but the idea faces stiff opposition from Republicans.
The project also includes $ 4 billion in funding to address what the Biden administration describes as the "root causes" of migration across the southern border.
A statement from President Biden described immigration as a necessity and a source of strength, and pledged to work to modernize legal immigration paths, and to establish a pathway to grant citizenship to many, including the "dreamers" category, who are about 700,000 young people who entered the United States illegally in their childhood and are still on its soil.
Permanent residency will be available to people with temporary protection status, a measure that prevents citizens of countries experiencing natural disasters or conflicts from being deported, as well as workers in the agricultural sector who can prove they are employed in the United States.
From its first day, the Biden administration adopted a counter-approach to the controversial immigration procedures under Trump, so the Democratic president canceled the decree that prohibited the entry of citizens of Muslim-majority countries (Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen) to the United States.