Sam Sanchez, a Chicago restaurant owner, is upset with President Joe Biden’s decision to extend work eligibility to nearly half a million Venezuelans, many of whom have recently crossed the border illegally. Sanchez believes that his employees, who have been in the United States for many years and are waiting for Congress to give them a path to work legally, are being overlooked in favor of new arrivals.
In response to a surge in migration to the United States, Biden has used his executive power to allow several hundred thousand migrants to live and work temporarily in the United States. This has prompted groups representing immigrants without legal permission to work and their U.S.-citizen children, as well as their employers, to urge the president to use his power to open channels for the more than eight million people living in the United States who are barred from legal employment.
Business leaders have been lobbying for decades to overhaul the broken immigration system and address their labor needs, but their calls have gone unanswered in Congress. In a letter to the president, signed by more than 300 employers and trade associations, the American Business Immigration Coalition urged “immediate action” to extend work authorization to long-term immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
About three-quarters of the 10.5 million people who are in the United States illegally as of 2021 were in the labor force, according to the Pew Research Center. A sweeping action by the president to allow millions more to work legally could face court challenges and political attacks from critics.
The surge in migration to the United States has left Biden with no easy options. The perception that he is favoring newcomers over longtime immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally could hurt him among Latino voters, a Democratic bloc that has begun to fragment, with an increasing number supporting Republican candidates.
International crises have forced millions of people to flee their home countries and seek refuge in the United States. Biden has used his humanitarian authority to allow about 390,000 people from Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua to come to the United States and receive work authorization, provided they have a financial sponsor.
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