Biden unveils plan allowing hundreds of thousands to gain US citizenship
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Advocates say US president’s effort to regularise some undocumented immigrants will help keep families together.
United States President Joe Biden has unveiled one of the largest immigration regularisation programmes in recent history, offering a pathway to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the country.
The new measures, announced on Tuesday, will allow some undocumented spouses of US citizens to apply for permanent residence and eventually citizenship, without having to leave the country.
The move will affect more than 500,000 spouses of US citizens. About 50,000 noncitizen children under age 21 — whose parents are married to a US citizen — will also be eligible.
“Think about the stability this will bring to so many American families across the country,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in Tuesday’s news briefing. “These measures will help keep American families together and allow more young people to contribute to our economy and our country.”
Tuesday’s announcement comes as immigration continues to be a central — and divisive — issue in the lead-up to presidential elections in November.
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