The United States President, Joe Biden, has announced a new plan from which half a million immigrants could benefit by acquiring US citizenship, if implemented.
Biden vowed that his administration will allow certain US citizens’ spouses without legal status to apply for permanent residency and citizenship, in the coming months, without being obliged to depart from the country first, VisaGuide.World reports.
According to Biden, the move would help the US immigration system become less unfair and unjust for immigrants.
The Statue of Liberty is not some relic of American history. It still stands for who we are. But I also refuse to believe that for us to continue to be an America that embraces immigration, we have to give up securing our border. They’re false choices.
In order to benefit from Biden’s plan, an immigrant must have lived in the US for ten years and be married to a US citizen as of June 17. If a qualifying immigrant’s request is approved, they would have three years to apply for a green card and receive a temporary work permit while also being shielded from deportation in the meantime.
According to a report from the AP, nearly 50,000 noncitizen children with parents who are married to US citizens could also qualify for the process, based on the senior administration officials’ estimations.
Biden’s announcement came as the US marked the 12th anniversary of Daca, which shielded more than 530,000 migrants from deportation.
Trump Vowed to Make the Largest Deportation of Migrants in US History if Re Elected
The plans of Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, announced in the year of the US Presidential elections, differ significantly from the plans of former US President Donald Trump, who is the Republican candidate for this year’s presidential election.
If re-elected, Trump vowed to eliminate “radical Islamic terrorists”, stressing that his administration would conduct the largest deportation operation in the history of the US.
The choice for every voter in November is clear: You can have a President who lets thousands of radical Islamic terrorists into our country, or you can decide to have a President who throws radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country.
Trump said that in his day of administration, he would “seal the border” by halting the invasion of people pouring throughout the border and “send Biden’s illegal aliens back home where they belong”.
On Day One of my new administration, we will begin the largest deportation operation in American history. We have no choice. This is not sustainable.
The figures from the US Border Patrol revealed that about 250,000 migrants attempted to reach the US through the border with Mexico, which is the busiest border in the world.
The figures from the US government revealed that this was the highest monthly total on record, surpassing 224,000 encounters with migrants crossing the border, in May 2022.