live on the southern border in nogales
arizona and you know i know that area
well it's where i got married
william the immigration policies
well harris it appears that president
biden is trying to
undo in four weeks what it took
president trump
four years to accomplish and i'm not
talking about the 700 miles of fence
that was collectively built over the
last four presidents and that senator
biden voted for an 06.
this represents a radical shift in
immigration policy
and agents say it is an incentive for
anyone thinking of coming to the u.s
to leave now so first i'm going to tell
you what's in the bill and then what is
not
by comparing it to the bills in 06 in
2013 number one
immediately provides legal status to the
11 million immigrants already here now
citizenship after eight years spouses
partners children living abroad will be
allowed to join those migrants here now
daca students farm workers 200 000
migrants who fled disasters
would immediately be eligible for green
cards immigrants who were banned from
entering the u.s because they were
caught
prosecuted and deported they would be
allowed back in
because the white house said last night
u.s law is bias
against minorities it would allow
migrants who have been living here
illegally for decades to retroactively
claim asylum it sets up refugee centers
in central america but does not require
migrants to use them
it does provide money for more judges
taxpayer-funded lawyers for most asylum
seekers but it does nothing to close the
loopholes
that allow people to enter illegally and
never leave
it's really refreshing after four years
of pretending that we can just
close our eyes and make the problem go
away
so how does the bill differ from those
in 06 and 2013 that failed well number
one
those set up triggers that if the border
was not secure
legalization would not go forward
employers had to use e-verify to shut
off the job magnet
that's not in this bill those bills
ended catch and release if you were
caught within 100 miles of the border
you'd be deported and detention was
mandatory those bills included interior
enforcement
and sanctuary cities were virtually
obsolete that's not here
and those authorized a national guard to
build infrastructure and pilot drones
that's not in this bill agents tell me
the biggest problem with this
is this claim that migrants only living
here now or before january 1st
would be eligible for legalization
that practically speaking is impossible
to enforce
and all those shelters that are filled
right now from the guatemala border up
to here
are testimony harris that the migrants
don't believe it either
harris wow that's an amazing point you
just made real quickly the woman you had
on your story did she say
that it was refreshing that things
weren't being ignored anymore
did i hear that right well yes because
well
here's the point of view is this those
individuals who believe that they've had
a right to claim asylum in the united
states
obviously under under president trump
were required to wait in mexico
they believe that they were entitled to
due process here and that's what she was
talking about
that that's going to be eliminated and
obviously many feel that people have
been here for
uh you know two or three decades that
they should be eligible
uh for citizenship or at least legal
status harris
all right real quickly the good people
of nogales and and other areas along the
border
what happens to them through this
process
well you know better than anyone that
these towns nogales mexico nogales
arizona existed long before this wall
was here
they're not enemies they share relatives
the problem is when people are coming
basically
up to the border stopping here
overwhelming shelters
increasing amount of crime they're
technically passing through but you have
ranchers
have their water lines cut it's
overwhelming to a town like this and
that
is what they fear back to you
william lodgeness great reporting along
the border thank you very much