Casey Higgins Speaks with The Associated Press about Democratic Immigration Reform Bill
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Akin Gump senior policy advisor Casey Higgins spoke with The Associated Press for a story looking at new immigration legislation unveiled by congressional Democrats and President Biden.
The story reports that the bill would provide an eight-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million people living in the United States without legal status. The article says the legislation also calls for an increase in visas, more money to process asylum applications, new technology at the southern border and funding for economic development in Latin American countries, despite facing long odds in being passed.
Higgins agreed, saying that, while the legislation is a starting point, “it can’t be our end point. This piece of legislation that comes down, it will not be what’s enacted into law.”
By pursuing smaller bills, rather than one comprehensive piece of legislation, Higgins added, “you give a better chance to sort of move something forward.” In addition, some sort of compromise, she noted, “could break the dam and show people that the world isn’t going to end politically because we passed an immigration bill. And I think it will give more confidence to be able to move forward on these issues in the future.”
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