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US launches plan to legalize migrants married to Americans | What You Should Know

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Government of the President Joe Biden announced this Tuesday new program What will allow legalize more than half a million migrants who live in the country without legal

US launches plan to legalize migrants married to Americans |  What You Should Know

Government of the President Joe Biden announced this Tuesday new program What will allow legalize more than half a million migrants who live in the country without legal status, officials told reporters.

A solution that will benefit you first people married to US citizenswill take place less than five months before the presidential elections, in which the leadership migration became a central issue for Americans.

The new immigration benefits are among the most important since the Administration Barack Obama created in 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allowed more than 800 thousand migrants obtain work permits and protection from deportation.

However, the new policy will take months to take effect and will only give migrants the first step in the process of obtaining residence permit in the USAwhich can last for years.

At the heart of the program is a legal entity known as “grant of parole“, which provides those who are already in the United States protection faces deportation and allows them to request work permit.

Once you receive this permission, you will receive valid for three yearsMigrants who entered the country illegally and are married to US citizens may apply for house and ultimately citizenship.

“This people They have deep connections families and their communities in the United States,” one of the officials who announced the measure told reporters.

To claim this benefit, a person must getting married with a US citizen until June 17, 2024 and lived in the country at least 10 years.

In its turn, children under 21 years old those who are married to Americans and also do not have legal status They can also get permission.

However, officials noted that migrants who were those deported from the United States in the past are not eligible for this protection.

In theory, undocumented people can obtain permanent residency if they marry an American. However, to do this They must leave the country and go to the embassy.which carries the risk of a second entry ban for period from 3 to 10 yearsin retaliation for being in the US without legal status.

This situation, as officials admitted, has led to many families “living in fear and facing deep uncertainty about their future.”

The benefit announced allows migrants to apply for a residence permit, also known as “green map” while located in the United States.

In addition to this program, the government also announced on Tuesday that it will seek “improve” the application process for work visas some of those who came to the country as children and have not yet settled their situation.

The State Department will create “Guidelines” for greater clarity and faster issuance of H1B visas For those “dreamers» who graduated from a US university and have a “job offer” from an American company.

Advertisements The White house They came just over two weeks after Biden introduced the series restrictions on access to asylum at the border which have been heavily criticized by human rights groups.

Democrat who won the presidential election with pro-migrant speech this made him the complete opposite of the former president Donald Trumpis taking increasingly coercive measures against migration.

This latest immigration relief is being interpreted by experts as an attempt to attract Latino voters, which is critical in some key states such as Arizona or Snowfallafter I gave up my election promise suggest a way to citizenship more than 11 million undocumented migrants.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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