US President Joe Biden urged Congress this Saturday to approve "with the greatest urgency" a law that allows access to citizenship to the thousands of undocumented young people known as

"dreamers" who came to the country as children

and stopped their deportation. thanks to the DACA program.

The president made that request in a statement, a day after a Texas judge ruled against the Deferred Action program (DACA), which since its creation in 2012 by former US President

Barack Obama

(2009-2017) has faced numerous legal challenges. Biden announced that the Department of Justice will appeal the decision of the Texas magistrate, who has ordered the suspension of new applications to the program although

the 650,000 undocumented youth who currently benefit from that plan will continue to be protected.

DACA temporarily stops the deportation of your beneficiaries, grants them a temporary work permit, and allows them to travel outside the country by applying for a permit.

Biden called the Texas judge's ruling "disappointing"

because it "relegates hundreds of thousands of young immigrants to an uncertain future." In addition, the court decision puts greater pressure to act on Biden and in Congress, where his party has the majority.

In this regard,

Biden recalled that the Legislature is "the only one" that by law can offer a "permanent solution"

to undocumented youth with the approval of a law that allows them access to US citizenship, a solution that "these young people need and deserves ". For this reason, he renewed his call to Congress to approve "with the greatest urgency" a solution for dreamers.

The ruler mentioned as a possible option the

Dream and Promise Law

, a legislative project that has already been approved in the Lower House and that would allow some

4.4 million "dreamers"

to access citizenship

, some of whom took advantage of the DACA, although it was not the case for everyone. That initiative is stalled in the Senate, where Democrats have a narrow majority of 50 seats and would need the support of 10 Republicans to pass the law.

However, as getting Republican support is difficult, Senate Democrats are now evaluating using a legislative formula known as reconciliation that allows a bill to pass with a simple majority of 50 votes, instead of the 60 normally required. . Specifically,

Democrats have proposed a $ 3.5 trillion spending package

that includes provisions to open a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants.

Democrats could pass that measure alone;

But, to achieve this, they need to unite the more moderate wing of the party and the progressive flank.

"It is my fervent hope," Biden said, "that through the reconciliation process or through other means,

Congress will finally bring security to all the dreamers

, who have lived too long in fear."

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