White House touts new Biden immigration policy on undocumented spouses of American citizens
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With less than five months until the general election, President Biden announced sweeping federal action that will give undocumented spouses of American citizens who have lived in the United States at least 10 years a new path to permanent residency and, in time, legal citizenship. The plan could not only bring citizenship to some 500,000 spouses who qualify but also to roughly 50,000 children, and shield them from deportation in the meantime.
"It's important that communities really see that the president is fighting for issues that matter to them and to their families," said Biden campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez in an exclusive interview with CBS News.
"For families who are eligible for this new executive order, they will be able to sleep better tonight, knowing that they have an opportunity to help ensure that they are not separated by cruel policies, they will be able to maybe hug each other a little bit tighter, knowing that they can remain together as a whole family here in this country as a result of this executive order," she said.
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