Latino Elected Officials Call on President Biden to Implement Long-Term Immigrant Worker Permits
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Local, state, and federal Latino elected officials, including New Mexico State Treasurer Laura Montoya, are urging President Joe Biden to implement long-term immigrant worker permits. They argue that immigrants have contributed to communities, served, built the economy, and paid taxes. They are requesting new work permit programs for undocumented spouses or immediate family of U.S. citizens, Dreamers who are too young for the DACA program, and long-term residents who have been denied a path to legal status. The goal is to address the lack of work permit availability for immigrant communities and attract immigrants to bolster economic potential and growth. The current unemployment rate is 3.8%, the lowest in the last five decades. These permits could help keep the numbers down and prevent e...

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