Advocates Demand Equality as Immigrants in the US Protest Work Permit Disparities
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Migrants staying at a city-run shelter in New York are frustrated that their relatives who arrived earlier are not offering them a place to stay. In Chicago, a mental health services provider for undocumented individuals has had to accommodate new arrivals sleeping at a nearby police station.
Meanwhile, immigrants in South Florida are complaining that those who arrived later are able to obtain work permits that are unattainable for them. These situations highlight the tensions and inequalities between immigrants who have been in the United States for many years without the same benefits, particularly work permits. Some new arrivals feel rejected by established immigrants.
Thousands of immigrants recently participated in a march in Washington, calling on President Joe Biden to extend work authorization to longtime residents. Signs were held up proclaiming, “Work permits for all!” and “I have been waiting 34 years for a permit.”
Despite a brief decrease in illegal border crossings due to new asylum restrictions, arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico exceeded 2 million for the second year in a row in the government’s fiscal year ending on September 30th.
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