Johnson announced the effort Thursday to “challenge President Biden” to create a streamlined work authorization process for long-term undocumented immigrants and recent migrant arrivals alike.
Mayor Brandon Johnson talks with “Dreamer” Mariana Gutierrez and other community leaders before speaking to reporters following a roundtable discussion in Chicago on Thursday, April 4, 2024, with community leaders that elevated the contributions of the Black and brown communities and urged President Biden to extend work permits to all workers in the U.S. without legal permission.
“We are going to continue to urge President Biden to use every tool that is at his disposal to support our new arrivals and our undocumented residents,” Johnson said. “This is an international global crisis that requires a federal response.” Despite congressional gridlock on immigration, Biden has the ability to clear pathways to legal work, Johnson and the campaign’s other supporters argued Thursday. Work permits would give Chicagoans in the country without legal permission dignity and stability while allowing new migrants to take care of themselves, they said.
Carlil Pittman, executive director of Englewood gun violence prevention group GoodKids MadCity, highlighted the precarious position a lack of work permits puts on his wife’s father. Johnson echoed the sentiment, flagging the potential for immigrants to fill in empty space and open jobs while growing Chicago’s economy. He cut a clear contrast with critics who have argued amid spending on new migrants that the city should spend more on struggling long-term residents, especially in Black neighborhoods.
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