LAUDERDALE, NO NEED TO WORRY.
MORE NOW ON THE BIDEN
PRESIDENCY. JOE BIDEN SIGNED
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION
REFORM. HE ALSO ELIMINATED THE
BAN ON TRAVEL.
HIS BIGGEST MOVE IS THE U.S.
CITIZENSHIP ACT THAT WOULD
OFFER A PATHWAY OF CITIZENSHIP
TO 11 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED
PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY.
THE BILL WOULD ALSO ALLOW
DREAMERS TO APPLY FOR IT GREEN
CARDS IMMEDIATELY. THEY WILL
ALSO BE REQUIRED TO PASS A
BACKGROUND CHECK. CBS4'S JIM
DeFEDE TALKED TO THE COALITION
ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION REFORM.
A COUPLE OF DECADES OF
CRIMINALIZING AMERICANS. WE
REALLY NEED TO SEE THIS LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
HOPING THAT THEY CAN FINALLY
COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
THIS IS FROM A REPUBLICAN
STANDPOINT BECAUSE IT IS
AMNESTY FOR 11 MILLION PEOPLE.
BASICALLY, NO MATTER WHAT IS
INTRODUCED, IT IS GOING TO BE
LABELED AS AMNESTY.
THEY WANT A PATHWAY IN AN
ORDERLY WAY TO RECOGNIZE OUR
ECONOMIES AND OUR COMMITTEES
ARE BETTERED BY IMMIGRANTS AND
BY IMMIGRATION.
Reporter: RICK SCOTT HAS
COME OUT WITH A STATEMENT.
HE DESCRIBES IT AS A RADICAL
AGENDA AS AMNESTY AND OPEN
BORDERS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO RICK
SCOTT?
IT HURTS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE STATUS QUO RIGHT NOW DOES
NOT SERVE US.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT AMERICAN
FAMILIES TO PROSPER, TO BE AS
PRODUCTIVE AS THEY CAN BE.
TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
TO BE ABLE TO GET A DRIVERS
LICENSE AND WORK PERMIT.
THEY OFFER NO SOLUTIONS.
AND HAVE BEEN DEPORTING
PROVIDING AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE
WHICH IS OUR FOOD.
FOOD IS A NATIONAL SECURITY
ISSUE.
Reporter: CRITICS MAKE THE
CASE THAT GIVEN THE HARD
ECONOMIC TIMES THAT WE ARE IN
WITH SO MANY AMERICANS OUT OF
WORK CREATING THIS LEGISLATION
WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE
NONCITIZENS COMPETING FOR JOBS
THAT AMERICANS CAN POTENTIALLY
DO IN THE MIDST OF A COVID
CRISIS AND ECONOMIC CRISIS THE
PRIORITIES SHOULD BE FINDING
JOBS FOR THOSE AMERICANS NOT
FOR CLEARING A PATHWAY OF
CITIZENSHIP FOR FOLKS WHO COME
INTO THE COUNTRY WITHOUT
DOCUMENTATION.
THEY ARE USING A SCARCITY
MENTALITY.
500 ECONOMISTS, NOBEL LAUREATES
, SIGNED ON A LETTER TO SAY
THAT IMMIGRATION PROVIDES
OPPORTUNITIES.
IMMIGRANTS ARE THREE TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO BE ENTREPRENEURS. THE
DACA PROFESSIONALS ARE EMPLOYEE
AND OTHER PEOPLE SO THE FABRIC
OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE FROM A LAW
ENFORCEMENT, DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL-
COHESION, THEY WILL BE AS
PRODUCTIVE AS THEY CAN BE.