Alderman Raymond Lopez wrote to the president and proposed that noncitizens with clean criminal records in the country for more than 10 years pay a $2,500 fee to gain pardon and amnesty.
Lopez’s plan also would allow U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to expedite the removal of more recent arrivals who don’t have pending merit hearing cases.
“Separating the Biden/Harris migrants from the long-term undocumented is a must,” Lopez told The Center Square.
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In his letter, Lopez wrote to Trump that addressing the “unchecked influx of migrants” that entered the country under former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris “has rightly been among your highest domestic priorities.”
Lopez said cities like Chicago, Portland, New York, and others have taken the opportunity
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