For the first time, US President Donald Trump has indicated that he was open to a path to citizenship for America’s so-called “Dreamers” in 10 to 12 years, a move which may also benefit thousands of Indian-origin undocumented immigrants.
Some 6,90,000 undocumented immigrants, who were illegally brought to the US as children, are likely to get benefited. Among them include several thousand people of Indian descent.
The term “Dreamers”, which is used for the undocumented immigrants living in the US illegally, came from the DREAM Act, a bipartisan legislation that was first proposed in 2001 to provide citizenship to them under certain conditions. The bill was never passed.
Trump told reporters during an impromptu news conference at the White House before he left for Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos.
Trump called this as an “incentive” for the immigrants for the hard work. However, a senior administration official later said no final decision has been taken yet over the issue.
Source: AIR