Plan to regulate migrants married to U.S. citizens
A plan to regulate migrants married to U.S. citizens is the new announcement made by the White House.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced this Tuesday, June 18, a plan to regulate migrants married to U.S. citizens and who do not have citizenship.
This is an initiative from which more than half a million people will be able to benefit. Read here: 50 migrants go missing after shipwreck off Italian coast.
Biden’s plan to regulate migrants married to U.S. citizens will allow these people to obtain permanent residency status without leaving the country, with a view to “promote family unity and strengthen the U.S. economy”.
The measure aims to reach some 500,000 persons married to U.S. citizens and about 50,000 of their children, with a maximum age of 21 years.
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The Government establishes as requirements to regulate migrants married to U.S. citizens who have resided at least ten years in the United States before June 17, 2024.
The White House has highlighted in a statement that, although “President Biden believes that securing the border is essential”, he also considers that it is part of the “social fabric” of the United States to “expand legal channels and keep families together”.
Plan to regulate migrants married to U.S. citizens
Part of the focus of these new changes is on the so-called “dreamers”, people who came to the United States when they were still children and whom Washington wants to “bring out of the shadows”.
The authorities will make it easier for them to receive work visas “more quickly” if they have a higher education and a job.
This plan to regulate migrants married to U.S. citizens is part of a strategy in the midst of the race for reelection.
Migration is set to be one of the main issues of the campaign for the November elections and Biden has taken advantage of these latest announcements to urge Congress to contribute, given that he considers the immigration system to be “broken”.
Despite this, the federal government believes that the Republicans “put party politics before national security”.
The White House has also reviewed some other measures adopted by the Administration to reduce the arrival of migrants, including limits on the granting of asylum to those who enter the country illegally and the reinforcement of security measures at the border.
