Biden's immigration reform bill could change everything... or not pass at all. Here's what you need to know.
Biden's immigration reform bill could change everything... or not pass at all. Here's what you need to know.
- February 20, 2021
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, LAist, Feb. 20, 2021 (Audio)
LAist/KPCC spoke with some of our most trusted immigration experts this week: … Here's
what we learned. … How likely is this bill to actually become law in its current form?
"I think in its current form? Almost a zero chance," Louis DeSipio told us - he's
a professor of political science and Chicano-Latino Studies at UC Irvine. … "I think
the administration has signaled that they're willing to look at different pieces of
the bill, as long as they get what the core of what they want," DeSipio explained,
"which is a more streamlined legal immigration system, and a way to address the large
number of undocumented immigrants who have been present in the United States for a
long, long time."
For the full story, please visit https://laist.com/2021/02/20/questions_about_immigration_reform_we_have_some_answers.php.
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