Biden Announces Protections for Illegal Immigrants Married to US Citizens

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The measure will affect nearly half a million spouses of U.S. citizens and approximately 50,000 noncitizen children.

President Joe Biden announced on June 18 that his administration will not deport many illegal immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.

The governmentโ€™s new program enables illegal immigrant adults who are married to U.S. citizens to stay in the United States while applying for legal status. Spouses must have lived in the United States for at least 10 years as of June 17.

Approximately 500,000 spouses of U.S. citizens will be shielded from deportation under the program, according to the White House. About 50,000 children who have a parent married to a U.S. citizen will also be protected.

โ€œThereโ€™s already a system in place for the people weโ€™re talking about today. But the process is cumbersome, risky and separates families,โ€ President Biden said at a White House event marking the process.

Typically, people who enter the country illegally must leave and obtain legal status before reentering the United States.

โ€œThey have to leave their families in America with no assurance that they’ll be allowed back in the United States,โ€ the president said. โ€œSo they stay in America, but in the shadows, living in constant fear of deportation without the ability to legally work.โ€

The new program is a โ€œcommon sense fixโ€ for the problem, according to the Democrat.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is managing the program.

โ€œThis process will achieve family unity, one of our immigration systemโ€™s fundamental goals. It will also boost our economy, advance our labor interests, strengthen our foreign relations with key partners in the region, further our public safety interests, and more,โ€ Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.

The announcement was made on the 12th anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a policy implemented under the Obama administration while Joe Biden was vice president.

DACA shields illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation and enables them to legally work in the United States.

As of Sept. 30, 2023, there were 544,690 individuals granted protection under the program.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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