Biden unveils plan allowing hundreds of thousands to gain US citizenship
6 months ago

Biden unveils plan allowing hundreds of thousands to gain US citizenship

Al Jazeera  

Advocates say US president’s effort to regularise some undocumented immigrants will help keep families together. “By providing this much-needed relief, the Administration has not only helped keep hundreds of thousands of families together, but also sent a clear and decisive message that immigrants are deeply rooted community members who help make America stronger,” Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, said in a statement. “These couples have been raising families, sending their kids to church and school, paying taxes, contributing to our country,” Biden said Tuesday’s White House event. “But what the White House is really hoping is this is going to boost Joe Biden’s approval ratings which — in many cases, on a range of issues — are lagging behind his rival, former President Donald Trump.” Gustavo Torres, executive director of immigrant rights group CASA, said Biden’s announcement would energise Latino communities to get out and support him in November. Republicans, for their part, were quick to condemn Tuesday’s announcement, with Congressman Jim Jordan saying Biden was “planning amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens already here”.

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US judge pauses Joe Biden's plan offering legal status to spouses of American citizens
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US judge pauses Joe Biden's plan offering legal status to spouses of American citizens

Deccan Chronicle  

Houston: A Texas court has put a temporary pause on President Biden's ambitious plan to fast-track permanent residency for illegal migrants married to American citizens, a move that could hamper the hopes of approximately half a million such spouses, including several thousands Indian-Americans.In June, President Joe Biden issued a massive immigration relief to non-citizens offering a path to citizenship to …

Biden launches citizenship program for immigrant spouses of US citizens
4 months ago

Biden launches citizenship program for immigrant spouses of US citizens

Hindustan Times  

By Jorge Garcia and Ted Hesson Biden launches citizenship program for immigrant spouses of US citizens LOS ANGELES, - Miguel Aleman, a 39-year-old who was brought to the United States from Mexico at age 4, is among hundreds of thousands of immigrants hoping to find a path to citizenship through a new Biden administration program set to launch on Monday. …

Biden announces new immigration moves
6 months ago

Biden announces new immigration moves

China Daily  

.S President Joe Biden announces a new effort to allow immigrants in the US illegally to obtain legal status if they are married to US citizens, coinciding with the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, at the White House in Washington, US, June 18, 2024. US President Joe Biden announced two new immigration policy initiatives on …

Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act
6 months ago

Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act

Raw Story  

President Joe Biden attempted a political high-wire act Tuesday by announcing a citizenship pathway for half a million immigrants married to U.S. nationals, in a counterweight to his recent crackdown on illegal border crossers. However, “only Congress can deliver… comprehensive reform of our immigration and asylum laws.” Trump lashes out Trump attacked Biden’s policy in characteristic fashion, with lurid language …

U.S. President Biden offers massive immigration relief to non-citizens ahead of election
6 months ago

U.S. President Biden offers massive immigration relief to non-citizens ahead of election

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a massive immigration relief policy to non-citizens offering a path to citizenship to non-citizen spouses and children of American nationals, a move that will protect approximately half a million spouses of US citizens, several thousands of whom are Indian-Americans. “This action will protect approximately half a million spouses of US citizens, and approximately 50,000 …

Biden to unveil new protections for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens
6 months ago

Biden to unveil new protections for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will unveil Tuesday new protections for undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens and measures to make it easier for immigrants brought illegally as children to qualify for work authorization. The measures would also expedite work visas for eligible immigrants who arrived as children, commonly referred to as “Dreamers,” if they have a U.S. college degree …

US green card: Joe Biden’s new citizenship plan to offer relief to half-a-million immigrants. Who can apply
6 months ago

US green card: Joe Biden’s new citizenship plan to offer relief to half-a-million immigrants. Who can apply

Live Mint  

As immigration becomes a headache for President Joe Biden ahead of elections, the White House announced measures that offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the country. The Biden administration informed on Tuesday that, as per the new plan, in the coming months, spouses of some US citizens who are staying in the country without legal …

Analysis: Biden’s immigration whiplash, from tough talk to empathy in 2 weeks
6 months ago

Analysis: Biden’s immigration whiplash, from tough talk to empathy in 2 weeks

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. Biden promises empathy; Trump promises mass deportation The new executive action offers a major contrast with Trump, who is promising to deport more than 10 million people from the US if he’s elected to a second term. At the White House, Biden argued Trump’s deportation policy would “rip spouses …

Biden to announce deportation protection, work permits for spouses of US citizens
6 months, 1 week ago

Biden to announce deportation protection, work permits for spouses of US citizens

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy Tuesday that would lift the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens, an aggressive election-year action on immigration that had been sought by many Democrats. Biden will announce the new program at a White House event to celebrate the Obama-era “dreamers” …

White House preps ‘dreamers’ celebration while President Biden eyes new benefits for immigrants
6 months, 1 week ago

White House preps ‘dreamers’ celebration while President Biden eyes new benefits for immigrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host a White House event next week celebrating an Obama-era directive that offered deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, as his own administration prepares potential new benefits for others without legal status but with long-standing ties in the United States. White House officials are closing in on a plan that would tap Biden’s executive …

Biden says he’s expanding some migrants’ health care access
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden says he’s expanding some migrants’ health care access

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be able to apply for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges. DACA recipients can work legally and must pay taxes, but they don’t have full legal status and are denied many benefits, including access to federally …

Biden restarts task force on immigrants’ success in US
2 years ago

Biden restarts task force on immigrants’ success in US

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is reinstating a task force that is aimed at helping immigrants and refugees integrate into the United States. The Task Force on New Americans will be run by the Domestic Policy Council and the focus will be workforce training, education and financial access as well as language learning and the health of immigrants who have …

Biden seeks to bolster legal protection for DACA recipients
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden seeks to bolster legal protection for DACA recipients

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled a regulation aimed at fending off legal challenges to a decade-old program that shields immigrants from deportation if they arrived as young children. Its 453 pages are largely technical and represent little substantive change from the 2012 memo that created DACA, but it was subject to public comments as part of a …

10 years after DACA was announced, Dreamers remain in limbo
2 years, 6 months ago

10 years after DACA was announced, Dreamers remain in limbo

NPR  

10 years after DACA was announced, Dreamers remain in limbo Enlarge this image toggle caption Juan Gastelum/National Immigration Law Center Juan Gastelum/National Immigration Law Center Ten years ago, Diana Pliego was heading home from a church youth group event when her parents shared some surprising news. "It is actually in a way a big celebration of the movement that got …

Dreamers Reflect On 10th Anniversary of DACA : Consider This from NPR : NPR
2 years, 6 months ago

Dreamers Reflect On 10th Anniversary of DACA : Consider This from NPR : NPR

NPR  

DACA Recipients On Ten Years Of Precarious Protection Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images It's been ten years since the Obama administration announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. President Obama called it a "temporary stopgap measure," at the time, but Congress hasn't passed any legislation in the intervening years to create permanent protection …

DACA 10 years on: ‘Dreamers’ futures still uncertain
2 years, 6 months ago

DACA 10 years on: ‘Dreamers’ futures still uncertain

Al Jazeera  

Dozens rally in Washington, DC in support of a US programme that protects undocumented migrants from deportation. “DACA has been under attack since its inception.” Ten years ago, the administration of then-President Barack Obama created DACA. “For all they have done for our nation, and all they will continue to do, DACA recipients and their families deserve better,” Obama said …

Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday renewed efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation, the latest maneuver in a long-running drama over the policy’s legality. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called again on Monday for Congress to act swiftly to provide “the legal status they need and …

Biden administration unveils new proposal to protect Dreamers
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden administration unveils new proposal to protect Dreamers

Al Jazeera  

New rule would preserve and protect the DACA programme against future legal challenges, but Congress also urged to act. The Biden administration has unveiled its latest attempt to “preserve and fortify” DACA, a programme that shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as children. “The Biden-Harris Administration continues to take action to protect …

U.S. tech companies disappointed with DACA ruling, urge Congress to act
3 years, 5 months ago

U.S. tech companies disappointed with DACA ruling, urge Congress to act

The Hindu  

Some U.S. tech companies expressed disappointment with a ruling by a federal judge that blocked new applications to a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation. "Dreamers and immigrants make the United States — and Twitter — better", a spokesperson from social media platform Twitter said in an emailed statement. Twitter, Google, …

Biden calls for bipartisan action on pathway to citizenship
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden calls for bipartisan action on pathway to citizenship

LA Times  

President Biden smiles after people take the oath of allegiance at a naturalization ceremony Friday at the White House. President Biden called for bipartisan action on a pathway to citizenship for some migrants during a naturalization ceremony Friday at the White House in which he celebrated the contributions immigrants have made to the U.S. “We need an immigration system that …

Biden meets DACA recipients in immigration overhaul push
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden meets DACA recipients in immigration overhaul push

Associated Press  

President Joe Biden met Friday with six immigrants who benefited from an Obama-era policy that protected those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. “If you don’t like my plan, let’s at least pass what we all agree on,” Biden said in his address before the joint session of Congress last month. Ali Noorani, president of the National Immigration Forum, …

Biden to meet DACA recipients in immigration overhaul push
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden to meet DACA recipients in immigration overhaul push

Associated Press  

President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Friday with six immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children who benefited from an Obama-era policy that protected them from deportation. The Oval Office meeting comes as Biden looks to press Congress to pass legislation codifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that then-President Barack Obama instituted by executive action in …

DACA recipients launch legal battle to clear hurdles from the ultimate goal: citizenship
3 years, 7 months ago

DACA recipients launch legal battle to clear hurdles from the ultimate goal: citizenship

LA Times  

The first time Miriam Delgado looked into visiting her family in Mexico, her grandmother was in her late 80s and getting weaker by the day. “But it’s actually a relatively short period of time for identifying real trends.” The California-Mexico Studies Center program offers DACA recipients a chance to study the relationship between Mexico and the U.S. The U.S. District …

Immigration conundrum: The Hindu Editorial on immigration reform and the American Dream
3 years, 9 months ago

Immigration conundrum: The Hindu Editorial on immigration reform and the American Dream

The Hindu  

It is unlikely that President Joe Biden ever imagined that it would be a cakewalk to undo some of the most damaging policies implemented by his predecessor Donald Trump, but even he might not have anticipated how quickly the thorny question of immigration reform could spiral into a full-blown crisis. In a sense, the mounting crisis is related to a …

US President Joe Biden believes it's important to modernise immigration system: White House
3 years, 9 months ago

US President Joe Biden believes it's important to modernise immigration system: White House

India Today  

US President Joe Biden believes that it is important and long overdue to modernise the immigration system, and this includes taking steps to help ensure high skilled workers can stay in the country, the White House has said. "The president believes that it's important and long overdue to modernise our immigration system, and that includes taking steps to help ensure …

Biden to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants, plans to stop border wall construction
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants, plans to stop border wall construction

LA Times  

Joseph Moreno joins fellow high schoolers and others at a march in L.A. in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. “I know all too well from my work with the ‘Gang of Eight’ that passing immigration reform through the United States Congress will be a challenging task,” Menendez said in a prepared statement. “I don’t know that we’re going …

With executive orders, Biden to reverse Trump policies on environment, immigration
3 years, 11 months ago

With executive orders, Biden to reverse Trump policies on environment, immigration

LA Times  

President-elect Joe Biden will move swiftly to reverse some of President Trump’s most divisive and far-reaching actions — including abandoning the Paris climate agreement and ordering the deportation of Dreamers — by issuing a bundle of executive orders and other directives just after his inauguration Wednesday to reset the nation’s policy direction. The expansive actions, including 15 executive orders, also …

On Immigration, Biden Goes Big In Opening Bid To Congress
3 years, 11 months ago

On Immigration, Biden Goes Big In Opening Bid To Congress

NPR  

On Immigration, Biden Goes Big In Opening Bid To Congress Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden plans to send a sweeping immigration proposal to Congress after he is sworn into office on Wednesday, a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented …

Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for undocumented immigrants
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for undocumented immigrants

Business Standard  

Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for undocumented immigrants The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities Premium The committee in charge of Biden’s inauguration lit up the ‘Field of Flags’ art display with 56 pillars of light on the National Mall in Washington DC, representing the …

Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill …

Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies. The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major …

Joe Biden to propose eight-year citizenship path for immigrants
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden to propose eight-year citizenship path for immigrants

Al Jazeera  

The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino and immigrant communities. President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on day one of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the United States without legal status, in what would …

Joe Biden plans ’roughly a dozen’ Day One executive actions: Aide
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden plans ’roughly a dozen’ Day One executive actions: Aide

Live Mint  

US President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, student loans, climate change and immigration, a top aide said on Saturday. Biden, who campaigned on a raft of promises to undo President Donald Trump’s legacy even before the novel coronavirus pandemic walloped the …

Joe Biden slammed for making amnesty bill priority amid Covid crisis
4 years ago

Joe Biden slammed for making amnesty bill priority amid Covid crisis

Daily Mail  

President-elect Joe Biden has been slammed for saying that presenting an amnesty bill for people living in the country illegally would be a top priority when he takes office, rather than focusing on the COVID pandemic. 'I am going to make a commitment in the first 100 days, I will send a immigration bill to the United States Senate with …

Six Trump-era key immigration policies that Joe Biden likely to change
4 years, 1 month ago

Six Trump-era key immigration policies that Joe Biden likely to change

Live Mint  

When he enters the White House, Joe Biden will likely seek to reverse much of President Donald Trump's immigration legacy and push ahead with his own agenda. Here is what to expect from Biden in six key immigration policy areas: Immigration reform and 'dreamers' Biden plans to send an immigration bill to Congress on his first day in office in …

Joe Biden's New Plan Likely to Provide US Citizenship to Over 5 Lakh Indians
4 years, 1 month ago

Joe Biden's New Plan Likely to Provide US Citizenship to Over 5 Lakh Indians

News 18  

US President-elect Joe Biden will work towards providing a roadmap to American citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants, including over 500,000 from India, and will also establish a minimum admission number of 95,000 refugees annually. He will also work with Congress to establish a minimum admissions number of 95,000 refugees annually,” the policy document said. The Biden administration, it …

Good News! Joe Biden administration may give US citizenship to over 5,00,000 Indians
4 years, 1 month ago

Good News! Joe Biden administration may give US citizenship to over 5,00,000 Indians

India Today  

According to a policy document issued by the Joe Biden campaign, his administration will work towards providing "a roadmap to American citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants, including over 500,000 from India, and will also establish a minimum admission number of 95,000 refugees annually". "He will immediately begin working with Congress to pass legislative immigration reform that modernises our …

Busy agenda for Biden’s first 100 days
4 years, 1 month ago

Busy agenda for Biden’s first 100 days

Live Mint  

Every candidate in the heat of a US presidential campaign talks up their goals for the first 100 days in office and Joe Biden, the Democrat who challenged President Donald Trump and beat him, has done so for months. "The first thing I will do, I will rejoin the Paris accord," Biden promised during his debut debate against Trump, who …

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