{"id":2270204,"date":"2024-06-18T05:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-plan-to-protect-immigrants-married-to-us-citizens-from-deportation-and-expands-work-permits\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T05:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:56:10","slug":"biden-unveils-plan-to-protect-immigrants-married-to-us-citizens-from-deportation-and-expands-work-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-plan-to-protect-immigrants-married-to-us-citizens-from-deportation-and-expands-work-permits\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden introduces a policy to shield immigrants married to US citizens from deportation and to broaden work permit eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-unveils-plan-to-protect-immigrants-married-to-us-citizens-from-deportation-and-expands-work-permits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden is implementing new measures to facilitate legal \u2064residency for approximately\u200b 500,000 undocumented individuals\u200b in \u200dthe U.S. These actions coincide with the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and follow an\u200c executive \u2064order\u200b that\u2064 closes\u2064 the southern border under certain conditions while expanding deportation procedures.\u2062 Biden&#8217;s new policy specifically aids undocumented spouses of\u2064 U.S. citizens who have been in the U.S. for over a decade, allowing them and their children under 21 a three-year window to\u200d apply \u2062for legal residency without having \u2064to leave the country. Additionally, the visa process for foreign-born graduates with job offers from U.S. companies will be expedited.<\/p>\n<p>These moves have \u2064sparked\u200d mixed reactions. Immigration \u2062activists and Democratic insiders express concerns over Biden&#8217;s shift towards more conservative immigration policies, fearing a rollback\u200c on\u200c previous promises \u2064to \u200cprovide a \u200bU.S. citizenship pathway for DACA recipients. On the other hand, critics from \u2064groups focused on limiting migration label his policies as &#8220;mass \u2062amnesty&#8221; and a misuse of executive power, asserting that\u2063 it \u200cprioritizes illegal\u200b immigrants over American citizens \u200cand \u200dcould encourage further illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Senior administration officials emphasize that the changes do \u200dnot introduce a new legal status pathway but \u200callow certain\u200d undocumented\u2063 immigrants to seek \u200bresidency status without leaving the U.S., a previous \u200dmandate. This policy shift occurs \u2062as \u2064immigration becomes a pivotal issue for both sides in the upcoming 2024 elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> is unveiling new actions Tuesday that will speed a pathway to legal residency for about 500,000 undocumented people living in the United States.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Biden\u2019s announcement, made days after the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, comes just weeks after the president signed an executive order that will forcibly close the southern border and allow the federal government to expand deportation procedures for incoming immigrants when crossings reach a certain threshold, a policy that drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3027481\/biden-border-order-election-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sharp condemnation<\/a> from immigration activists and members of his own party.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s sweeping immigration eases the pathway to legal status for roughly half a million undocumented spouses married to U.S. citizens who have lived in the country for more than a decade as of June 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Approved cases will be granted a three-year window to apply for legal permanent residency for themselves, in addition to their estimated 50,000 children under the age of 21, and remain working in the United States until that process concludes. The president is also expediting the visa process for any foreign-born students, including \u201cDreamers,\u201d who graduate from U.S. higher education institutions and hold an offer of employment from an American company.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration activists and Democratic insiders had voiced concerns about the president\u2019s visible shift to the right on immigration in recent months, with some claiming that Biden was abandoning his campaign promises to roll back former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s more restrictive immigration policies and provide a pathway to U.S. citizenship for DACA program recipients.<\/p>\n<p>The White House engaged in substantive negotiations on the Senate\u2019s bipartisan border reform bill that failed earlier this year. However, when announcing his border-focused executive order on June 4, the president vowed to be back with a new announcement in the coming weeks about plans to \u201cmake our immigration system more fair and more just.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director at the American Immigration Council, indicated that Tuesday\u2019s actions are a step in the right direction. The American Immigration Council had previously argued that Biden\u2019s previous immigration executive action \u201cwill not bring greater order or security to the U.S.-Mexico border.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s efforts will help a population of people already eligible for green cards overcome the obstacle which has prevented them from getting permanent status. There is no reason that Americans who fall in love with undocumented immigrants should be forced to endure the possibility of a decade of separation to live with them here in this country,\u201d Reichlin-Melnick told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy granting parole to spouses of undocumented immigrants, the Biden administration will ensure that people can get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-tells-dreamers-this-is-your-home-we-recognize-you-for-the-americans-that-you-are\/\" title=\"Kamala Tells \u2018Dreamers\u2019: \u2018This Is Your Home \u2026 We Recognize You For The Americans That You Are\u2019\">permanent resident status<\/a> they are eligible for already without having to risk a decade of separation,\u201d Reichlin-Melnick continued. \u201cHowever, by limiting the program only to those here since before June 2014, there are many people married to U.S. citizens today who will not benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>FWD.us President Todd Schulte called the announcement \u201ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-tightens-up-its-elections-with-ban-on-zuckbucks\/\" title=\"Mississippi Tightens Up Its Elections With Ban On Zuckbucks\">tremendous step forward<\/a> from President Biden and a much-needed fulfillment of the promise to keep families together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe celebrate alongside millions whose futures are brighter today, stand with those still awaiting similar protections, and renew our commitment to protecting this progress and fixing every aspect of our failed immigration system \u2014 including giving a pathway to citizenship to those who have waited too long,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Still, several groups focused on limiting migration to the U.S. framed Biden\u2019s new policies as a \u201cmass amnesty\u201d giveaway in an election year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden\u2019s \u2018parole-in-place\u2019 mass amnesty is yet another example of industrial scale abuse of narrow emergency authority without consent of Congress,\u201d National Immigration Center for Enforcement president R.J. Hauman said in a statement. \u201cInstead of working to close the deadly border he intentionally opened, Biden is putting illegal aliens above American citizens and the rule of law\u2014a move that will encourage even more illegal immigration and leave struggling American taxpayers to pick up the tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden sees the writing on the wall and knows his disastrous and unpopular border policies will put him out of a job in November. But instead of trying to fix the crisis he made that\u2019s getting Americans killed, he\u2019s doing everything he can to further destroy our immigration system before his executive authority is taken away by the voters,\u201d Heritage Action Executive Vice President Ryan Walker added. \u201cBiden\u2019s potential mass amnesty order would be another attempt to circumvent the law and Congress to reward illegal aliens at the expense of American taxpayers. Voters should take note of his priorities when they go to the ballot box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senior administration officials stressed to reporters Monday that neither of Biden\u2019s actions extend a new pathway to legal status for any undocumented immigrants. In the case of undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, those individuals will now be allowed to apply for legal status without leaving the country, which had been a program requirement prior to Biden\u2019s change.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration has steadily emerged as a top issue for voters on both sides of the aisle ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> general election in November.<\/p>\n<p>Polling conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2024\/06\/06\/immigration-attitudes-and-the-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pew Research<\/a> found that the share of people who think illegal immigrants should not be allowed to stay in the country has steadily increased since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Pew\u2019s June survey saw 59% of the 8,709 participants believing that undocumented immigrants currently living in the country for an extended period of time should be afforded some type of legal status, down from 77% in 2017. The vast majority of the 41% who answered the opposite, up from 22% across the same time frame, said there should be a coordinated effort to deport all undocumented immigrants currently living in the country.<\/p>\n<p>A poll published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/monmouthpoll_us_061224\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>June 12<\/a> by Monmouth University found that 40% of people favored Biden\u2019s border order, with 27% opposed. A greater share of Republicans, 44%, backed the president\u2019s action than both Democrats, 44%, and independents, 38%.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Democratic strategists with close ties to the Biden campaign and White House rejected the idea that the president\u2019s Tuesday moves were a reaction to blowback his border order fomented among allies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust listen to President Biden\u2019s words. He promised this action was coming,\u201d one veteran Democratic operative told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmigration is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-professor-who-refused-to-use-students-preferred-pronouns-can-sue-university-after-being-disciplined-federal-appeals-court-rules\/\" title=\"Ohio Professor Who Refused To Use Student\u2019s Preferred Pronouns Can Sue University After Being Disciplined, Federal Appeals Court Rules\">hotly contested issue<\/a> for an obvious reason: The system is broken,\u201d a second strategist stated. \u201cBoth parties know it, but what President Biden refuses to do is pursue reforms, like his predecessor, that debase and endanger people fleeing danger in their home countries in hopes of a better life here. That\u2019s the American dream, and President Biden is fighting every day to keep that dream alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is set to announce new measures on Tuesday that will expedite legal residency for approximately 500,000 undocumented residents in the U.S. This follows the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and comes shortly after Biden signed an executive order related to immigration enforcement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2931,"featured_media":2270205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/joe-biden-daca-amnesty.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/joe-biden-daca-amnesty.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2931"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2270204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}