Biden immigration policy eases mixed-status families, key political move
Some see the "life-changing" executive actions giving undocumented spouses and college graduates a path to legal status as a "big deal" that can also mobilize voters, including Latinos.
After nearly a decade of living in fear that he might be forever separated from his U.S. citizen wife, Alex Paz Medrano was giving thanks on Tuesday as President Joe Biden announced a plan for them to stay together.
Biden announced an executive action to protect about half a million undocumented spouses of American citizens from deportation.
Anticipated for months, the plan drew applause and excitement among immigration advocates and many Democrats who have been pressing Biden to take the step.
"We all want to better ourselves, we all want progress for our families and I'm very grateful in the name of the ... people who will benefit by having greater opportunities," Paz Medrano said.
Medrano, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, immigrated from Mexico in 2005 and has been married to a U.S. citizen since 2016.
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