2021년 8월 11일
바이든정부 출범이래 추진돼왔던 드림법안 등 이민개혁안의 시행여부가 연방상원에서 예산결의안이 통과됨에 따라 하원의 표결만 남겨두게 됐습니다. 연방하원은 이달말 또는 9월중에 표결을 진행할 예정이다.
이번 예산결의안에는 3조 5000억달러 규모의 바이든 가족플랜 (Family Plan)에 이민관련 예산 1070억달러를 배정, DACA청소년 등 불법체류자를 구제하는 민주당의 이민개혁안 추진을 위한 계획이 포함돼있다. 연방하원에서 이번 예산결의안이 통과되면 American Dream and Promise Act of 2021을 추진하는 동력을 마련하게 된다.
이 법안에서 제시하는 자격요건은 (1) 2021년 1월 1일 현재 미국에 거주하고 있으며 (2) 18세 또는 그 이전에 미국에 합법적으로 입국했으며 (3) 영주권 발급에 결격사유가 될만한 범법사실 등이 없으며 (4) 미국에서 최소 고등학교 또는 동등한 학력을 취득한 드리머들이다.
TITLE I—DREAM ACT OF 2021
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the “Dream Act of 2021”.
SEC. 102. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS ON A CONDITIONAL BASIS FOR CERTAIN LONG-TERM RESIDENTS WHO ENTERED THE UNITED STATES AS CHILDREN.
(a) Conditional Basis For Status.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in section 104(c)(2), an alien shall be considered, at the time of obtaining the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under this section, to have obtained such status on a conditional basis subject to the provisions of this title.
(b) Requirements.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary or the Attorney General shall adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, or without the conditional basis as provided in section 104(c )(2), an alien who is inadmissible or deportable from the United States, is subject to a grant of Deferred Enforced Departure, has temporary protected status under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), or is the son or daughter of an alien admitted as a nonimmigrant under subparagraphs (E)(i), (E)(ii), (H)(i)(b), or (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) if—
(A) the alien has been continuously physically present in the United States since January 1, 2021;
(B) the alien was 18 years of age or younger on the date on which the alien entered the United States and has continuously resided in the United States since such entry;
(C) the alien—
(i) subject to paragraph (2), is not inadmissible under paragraph (1), (6)(E), (6)(G), (8), or (10) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a));
(ii) she has not ordered, initiated, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; and
(iii) is not barred from adjustment of status under this title based on the criminal and national security grounds described under subsection (c), subject to the provisions of such subsection; and
(D) the alien—
(i) has been admitted to an institution of higher education;
(ii) has been admitted to an area career and technical education school at the postsecondary level;
(iii) in the United States, she has obtained—
(I) a high school diploma or a commensurate alternative award from a public or private high school;
For more information about the Dream Act, see the link below.
American Dream and Promise Act of 2021
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