The Reality Behind Biden’s Plan to Legalize 11 Million Immigrants Affiliate Giovanni Peri quoted in the New York Times
The New York Times
January 27, 2021
Maria Elena Hernandez recently retrieved a flowery box tucked in
her closet and dusted it off. For more than a decade, she has
used it to store tax returns, lease agreements and other
documents that she has collected to prove her family’s long years
of residence in the United States.
“We have been waiting for the day when we can apply for legal
status. In this box is, hopefully, all the evidence we’ll need,”
said Ms. Hernandez, 55, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who
arrived in this country with three small children in 2000.
She had just learned of President Biden’s plan to offer
a pathway to U.S. citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented
people, announced as part of a sweeping proposal to overhaul the
nation’s immigration system.
