There is NO WAY Republicans will support this request….
They would argue ridiculously that migrants would steal American jobs….
Bull Shit….
There are literally THOSANDS of American jobs that businness is BEGGING for help…..
Migrants working ON THE BOOK’s means local, state and YES Federal tax revenue….
But?
Lawmakers in Congress ain’t gonna deal with this….
They just about NEVER have……
New York Democrats banded together Monday with a simple message for President Joe Biden: Put asylum-seekers to work.
New York City Mayor Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler joined labor and business leaders at a Brooklyn press conference to ask Biden for special federal work authorization for the tens of thousands of migrants who’ve arrived in the state since last year.
The state’s top Democrats called for expedited executive action to alleviate some of the pressure on the city’s social safety net.
Without legislation, we can get this done,” Hochul said.
It was the first time a group of powerful New York Democrats have banded together to press Biden on immigration — a significant issue in the 2024 elections. Party infighting on immigration would weaken Biden’s reelection campaign and provide an easy line of attack to Republicans.
A White House official responded to the New York Democrats by saying certain populations are already eligible for work authorization and pointed to the administration’s use of Temporary Protected Status.
“We need Congress to act,” the official said in a statement. “Only they can reform and modernize our decades-old immigration laws.”
Once migrants arrive in the U.S., they have to wait 180 days after filing an application for required paperwork. The backlog fuels an underground economy that makes workers vulnerable to exploitation. Meanwhile, New York City is struggling to fill thousands of vacancies across municipal agencies.
Adams and Hochul urged an expansion of Temporary Protected Status, a program that allows certain immigrants to work legally in the U.S., to more countries. The state needs additional immigration judges, too, they said.
The New York Farm Bureau, an industry group, backed the call for expedited work visas…..