Mark Zuckerberg’s group of wealthy investors is pressuring Joe Biden to declare a 2024 version of the 2012 DACA amnesty, and is buying TV ads to reassure progressive Democrats worried about the impact of further amnesty on the next election.
The group’s soft-focus, sentimental video, titled “An American Love Story,” downplays the economic and family toll on Americans, ignores the public’s rejection of Biden’s open border policies, and ends with a plea to “protect American families today.”
new forward A television and digital advertising campaign is highlighting the need for urgent expansion of probationary release (PIP). #ProtectAmericanFamiliesThis includes long-term illegal immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. FollowEverk and Rosa: pic.twitter.com/umwoMCfvUZ
— FWD.us (@FWDus) June 11, 2024
Couple live Everk Sanchez is a Phoenix, Arizona resident who speaks Spanish and works in marketing and radio. His wife is an undocumented immigrant protected by President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty. The couple have five children.
The amnesty proposal calls on President Biden to grant “parole” to at least one million illegal immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.
The amnesty is being pushed by Zuckerberg’s FWD.us, an investor advocacy group founded in 2013 by Zuckerberg and other wealthy consumer economy investors.
FWD.us and its allies have been enthusiastic supporters of President Barack Obama’s DACA program, in part because the controversy distracts from the influx of white-collar visa workers that boosts stock prices for investors.
“It’s the same kind of thing. [as DACA] “They’re trying to use a sympathetic figure to push their broader agenda,” said Mark Krikorian, president of the Center for Immigration Studies.
A long-standing parole loophole in border law It became narrow The parole system was enacted in 1996 to handle border emergencies, such as when international flight passengers get sick or people rushing to a funeral in the U.S. But Biden’s subordinates have used the parole system to lure more than a million economic migrants to U.S. jobs, in part because federal judges have not exercised their legal authority to curb the White House’s easy immigration policies. In Congress, Democrats and business-first Republicans are blocking implementation of the parole law.
The massive and harmful influx was a major blow to Biden’s polling numbers ahead of the 2024 election.
The FWD.us campaign has also appealed to progressive Democrats who see themselves as defenders of African immigrants and other minorities, regardless of the impact on other Americans.
If you told this young man that one day he would become a lawyer in the United States, he would have laughed, but this is the American Dream, and the same American Dream that DACA allowed me to pursue is the one I am asking the government to make possible through PIP. https://t.co/QFr8WP0LIC pic.twitter.com/2se6Yk0F1Q
— Attorney Foday Turay (@foday_turay_esq) June 13, 2024
The FWD.us ad also spotlights an undocumented immigrant medical technician in Montana, suggesting the parole amnesty is an extension of President Obama’s DACA amnesty.
Meet Nereida #DACA A recipient and essential worker in Montana, her journey reflects the resilience of immigrants. forwardShe is making a difference in her community, giving back to society and shaping a brighter future for her children. pic.twitter.com/5JDLk913qu
— USImmHUB (@USImmHUB) June 13, 2024
If the marriage parole proposal passes, it would open parole loopholes across the border and encourage more illegal immigration and parole amnesty, said Rob Low, director of the Center on Homeland Security and Immigration at the America First Institute.
“That will create further traction. [by telling migrants] “He said, ‘If you can come into the United States and marry a U.S. citizen, you can get a green card and be a permanent resident,’ which is a complete violation of immigration law and a complete disregard for border security and national sovereignty,” he told Breitbart News.
“Parole” plan is “legally questionable (at best)” I have written “If the White House gets away with this, we can expect to see a wave of parole programs aimed at undocumented parents of U.S. citizens, as well as parents of green card holders,” added Andrew Arthur, a former immigration judge who now works at the Center for Immigration Studies.
Law said the amnesty would likely be extended to other groups, including the millions of illegal immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens, as well as illegal immigrants who are siblings of U.S. citizens.
Since 2021, Biden has welcomed more than 10 million legal, illegal, temporary and semi-legal immigrant workers, consumers and renters to stimulate the economy. This flood has reduced wages and job opportunities for Americans, while increasing housing costs, mortgage interest rates and crime rates. It has also reignited the ambitions of former President Donald Trump and damaged Biden’s chances of reelection.
Supporters argue that parole amnesty would restore Biden’s currently stagnant support among Hispanics, who have been disproportionately harmed by Biden’s immigration policies.
“I don’t think it’s actually going to change that much,” Krikorian replied, adding:
I can’t predict the future because it hasn’t happened yet, but it seems unlikely that it will be able to overcome all of the other issues. [facing Latino voters] … Generally speaking, they’re worried about the same things as everyone else: economic problems, chaos at the border, in their communities, crime. Republicans might get a third of the Hispanic voters, and Trump might get nearly half. It’s possible he might get the Hispanic vote, but that’s a stretch. But they’re regular voters. Treat them like regular voters.
But a pardon could be damaging to Biden if it is seen as “another example of executive lawlessness,” Krikorian added.
