By Seun Opejobi President Joe Biden of the United States, US, on Thursday unveiled his administration’s plan for immigrants obtainin...
By Seun Opejobi
President Joe Biden of the United States, US, on Thursday
unveiled his administration’s plan for immigrants obtaining residency.
Biden said his administration is working on streamlining the
process of immigrants married to Americans to obtain legal status.
He disclosed that the streamline process will make it easier
for immigrants who have lived for 10 years in the US to file their paper work.
Posting on his X page, Biden wrote: “My Administration is
acting to streamline the process for obtaining legal status for immigrants
married to U.S. citizens who have lived here for a decade or longer.
“Now, they can file their paperwork in the U.S. and work
while they wait. This is about keeping families together.”
However, reports have it that the Administration officials
estimate that roughly 500,000 unauthorized immigrants with US citizen spouses
will qualify for the Parole in Place program.
Applicants must have been legally married to their American
citizen spouse by June 17.
Those who are deemed to pose a threat to national security
or public safety will not qualify.
The Department of Homeland Security policy, known as “Parole
in Place,” had said it will allow immigrants to apply for work permits and
deportation protections if they have lived in the US for at least 10 years and
meet.
The program still requires undocumented spouses to file necessary
paperwork and pass a criminal background check and doesn’t apply to future
migrants.
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