Martin O'Malley: "Immigration reform is an urgent, national economic and security imperative"
from the Latin Post:
During a roundtable discussion in New York City on Tuesday morning, O'Malley revealed his progressive plan to fix the immigration system. Also referring to immigrants as "New Americans," O'Malley recognized that immigrants have suffered enough in waiting for legislation action and deserve the right to know they can legally work, contribute in society and safely return home to their children. According to the former Maryland governor, the next president must provide assurances to the undocumented immigrant community.
"Immigration reform is an urgent, national economic imperative, and immigration reform is an urgent, national security imperative," said O'Malley, who also called for higher wages. "Our fight for immigration reform is about bringing more of our neighbors out of the shadow economy and into the full light of an open and inclusive American economy."
According to O'Malley, some immigration reform policies would be implemented on his first day, if elected, in the White House. The first key point in O'Malley's immigration plan include applying deferred action to "the greatest possible number of New Americans" through executive order, which would provide immediate relief from deportation with work authorization to all individuals who are covered in the Senate's 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bill (S. 744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act). The second plan is to grant broad waivers to 3-or-10-year bar for individuals who have received a green card.
O'Malley's fourth plan includes expanding healthcare coverage for New Americans. O'Malley said he would achieve this by rescinding the regulations barring legal permanent residents from receiving health insurance and restore health care access to 5.2 million people.
On immigration detention, O'Malley said he would end the detention of non-dangerous immigrants and their families, close the "inhumane" facilities and limit detention to only individuals who pose a clear threat to public safety.
"Above all, I would use executive action, to the fullest extent allowable of my authority as president of the United States, to push Congress to pass comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform because that is best for the people of the United States of America," said O'Malley.
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Martin O'Malley's entire immigration plan is available to read: https://martinomalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OMalley-Immigration-Reform-Goals.pdf
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and immigration reform is an urgent, national security imperative."
