Approximately 500,000 unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens are eligible
Beneficiaries can apply for work permits and deportation protections
Biden plans to accuse Trump of promoting an 'amnesty plan' in debates
Critics label it a 'mass amnesty plan'
President Biden announced a new immigration program on June 18, 2024
In a significant development, President Joe Biden announced a new immigration program on June 18, 2024, offering legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. residency and citizenship to approximately 500,000 unauthorized immigrants who are married to American citizens. Known as the 'Parole in Place' program, this policy allows these immigrants to apply for work permits and deportation protections if they have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years and meet other requirements. The program still requires undocumented spouses to file necessary paperwork and cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security. This move is expected to unlock a path to permanent residency, known as a green card, and ultimately U.S. citizenship for many of its beneficiaries.
Critics, primarily Republicans, have labeled this policy as a'mass amnesty plan.' However, Biden's team believes that voters will recoil at the thought of family separation as a deterrent for migration. The president is preparing for immigration to come up in the first debate with Donald Trump, where he plans to accuse the former president of promoting an 'amnesty plan' while in office. Biden's announcement comes after DACA beneficiaries were granted employer-sponsored work visas and a chance to apply for green cards earlier in June 2024. These measures aim to provide relief and legal protection to millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., while also addressing concerns about border security and asylum claims.
President Joe Biden announced a plan to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the US.
The action will allow certain U.S. citizens’ spouses without legal status to apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship without having to first depart the country, potentially affecting upwards of half a million immigrants.
Biden’s announcement was welcomed by families with mixed immigration status and immigrant-rights groups, while Republicans criticized it as a ‘mass amnesty plan’.
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The article contains editorializing and pontification by the author. The author states 'Biden accused my predecessor of preying on fears about immigrants' and 'Republicans were making their own sharp contrasts with Biden’s plan.' These statements are not facts but rather the author's opinions. The article also uses sensational language such as 'mass amnesty plan' and 'shadow of a second Trump administration looms over Biden’s new policy'. This is an attempt to manipulate emotions and create a sense of urgency.
The author states 'Republicans were making their own sharp contrasts with Biden’s plan'
The author states 'Biden accused my predecessor of preying on fears about immigrants'
The article uses the term 'mass amnesty plan' to describe Biden's actions
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The article contains an appeal to authority when it states that 'senior administration officials anticipate the process will be open for applications by the end of the summer.' This is an appeal to the authority of unnamed senior administration officials. Additionally, there are instances of inflammatory rhetoric used by both Biden and Trump, such as 'poisoning the blood' and 'mass amnesty plan.' However, these do not directly relate to logical fallacies made by the author.
][senior administration officials] anticipate the process will be open for applications by the end of the summer.[/
President Biden announced a new initiative that will enable some DACA beneficiaries to receive employer-sponsored work visas and eventually apply for green cards.
Many Dreamers have used their DACA status to work legally in the US, buy cars, rent apartments and help support their families. However, they have faced a constant threat of deportation due to the program’s uncertain future.
Sebastian Melendez, a 25-year-old registered nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is one of many Dreamers who has benefited from DACA and fears the possibility of deportation. He has used his status to work alongside surgeons and help financially support his parents.
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President Joe Biden announced a plan to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the US.
The new policy means that young undocumented immigrants, known as Dreamers, will no longer be dependent on the survival of the DACA program.
Biden’s action is seen as a contrast with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s hardline stance on immigration and mass deportations.
President Joe Biden unveiled major new actions granting legal protections to undocumented spouses and children of American citizens.
Biden's team believes that voters will recoil when reminded that Trump used the threat of family separation as a deterrent for migration.
Biden is preparing for immigration to come up in the first debate with Trump, where he plans to accuse the former president of promoting an 'mass amnesty plan''.
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The article does not contain any direct examples of bias from the author towards a specific political ideology, religious belief, or monetary gain. However, the author does use language that depicts one side (Trump and his supporters) as extreme or promoting an 'extreme agenda'. This is a form of ideological bias. The article also mentions Trump's past actions regarding family separation at the border multiple times and implies that these actions were inhumane and unpopular with voters, which could be seen as an attempt to elicit a negative reaction from readers towards Trump.
But in issuing a new policy granting legal protections to undocumented spouses and children of American citizens, the president was trying to lure Donald Trump into a very specific debate, too.
But they also plan to highlight Tuesday’s action as evidence that he is finding solutions for the broken immigration system inside the country.
Republicans, including the Trump campaign, on Tuesday were quick to accuse the president of embracing a de facto form of amnesty by expanding legal protections to those specific classes of undocumented people.
The crowd responded with boos. ‘He’s going to formally grant a mass amnesty to millions of illegal aliens that came into our country,’ Trump said at a rally Tuesday.
Approximately 10,000 people in Nevada are eligible for protection from deportation under President Joe Biden’s executive order.
Biden expanded the ‘parole in place’ program to allow spouses in mixed-status families to qualify for protection and pursue permanent legal status.
Eligibility requirements for parole in place include being married to a US citizen, having lived in the US for at least 10 years, and passing a background check.
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto stated that nearly 136,000 U.S. citizens live in Nevada with at least one undocumented family member.
President Biden announced a new immigration program offering legal status to roughly 500,000 unauthorized immigrants who are married to American citizens.
The program, known as ‘Parole in Place,’ allows these immigrants to apply for work permits and deportation protections if they have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years and meet other requirements.
Applicants must have been legally married to their American citizen spouse by June 17, 2024.
The policy is expected to unlock a path to permanent residency, known as a green card, and ultimately U.S. citizenship for many of its beneficiaries.
