How Biden immigration executive action works
A new Biden administration policy will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children and another one helps Dreamers.
WASHINGTON — A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children.
It is one of President Joe Biden’s most sweeping immigration policies and one that immigrant advocates had been heavily lobbying the administration to undertake.
A look at the new policy, who might benefit and how:
Under U.S. immigration law, if an American marries someone who is not a citizen but is living in the United States, it can be a straightforward process for the spouse to apply for long-term permanent residence — called a green card.
But if the spouse has been living in the United States illegally for a long time, that process gets much more complicated.
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