Biden considers amnesty for more than 1 MILLION illegal immigrants married to US citizens, giving them ‘parole’ and work permits

Joe Biden is considering an executive order that would grant amnesty to the more than 1 million illegal immigrants who married U.S. citizens but were barred from receiving green cards.

The president is considering taking further action to address both the southern border crisis and illegal immigrants living in the U.S. ahead of the 2024 elections, as a large share of Americans view the issue as their top priority.

Although immigrants, even those living in the U.S. illegally, can typically acquire citizenship if they marry U.S. citizens, there are a number of reasons why they may have received this benefit.

Some of the main reasons they are denied citizenship in these cases are if the individual has repeatedly entered the country illegally or falsified legal documentation in the past.

To address this, the Biden administration is most heavily considering a “parole in place” program for spouses of U.S. citizens who were initially denied citizenship, White House sources told The Wall Street Journal.

President Joe Biden is considering an executive order that would grant amnesty and work permits to illegal immigrants who married U.S. citizens but did not qualify for a green card. Pictured: Migrants camping on the banks of the Rio Grande River, bordering Mexico and Texas, are dispersed by the Texas National Guard

Biden wants to tackle the crisis at the southern borders, but also the issue of immigrants living undocumented in the US ahead of the 2024 presidential election, as the issue continues to be at the top of voters’ minds. Pictured: Biden with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a trip to the border city of Brownsville, Texas on February 29, 2024

The status would be temporary and would grant immigrants access to work permits and a path to citizenship.

While the details of such executive action have not yet been finalized or approved, talk of taking the nuclear option to appeal to another bloc of immigrants adds to a list of other ideas the administration has put forward .

The White House has discussed the timing of an announcement before the election as a one-two punch after an executive order that would likely upset immigration advocates, an official noted.

Earlier in April, reports emerged indicating that Biden was considering using an executive order from former President Donald Trump to limit the number of migrants who can seek asylum at the southern border.

“We’re looking into whether I have that power or not,” Biden told Univision’s Enrique Acevedo in an interview recorded in early April.

“Some suggest I should just try,” the president said in a conversation with the Spanish-language broadcaster. “And if I’m shut down by the court, I’ll be shut down by the court.”

Hundreds of thousands of migrants cross the southern border every month, and states bordering Mexico are struggling to address the crisis without action at the federal level.

Under Biden’s leadership, the US has suffered unprecedented levels of illegal immigration and Republicans in the House of Representatives passed articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this year, but the Senate voted last week to reject the articles.

Immigration organization Fwd.us estimates that 1.1 million undocumented immigrants are married to U.S. citizens.

The idea of ​​”parole” is similar to the humanitarian parole that Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has used to admit hundreds of thousands of migrants at the border making asylum claims through the CBP One mobile app.

This could be easily implemented because a less far-reaching version already exists for undocumented immigrants married to military veterans.

Thousands of migrants cross the southern border every day, and Republicans are furious that the Biden administration hasn’t done more to defuse the crisis

Biden’s team also created the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program, which will allow 30,000 asylum seekers from these four countries each month to apply to be flown to U.S. airports and leave the country without legal status for two years to be released. -year grace period.

The program was widely criticized after it emerged that more than 320,000 undocumented migrants had flown to the US between January 2023 and February 2024. An analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies found that the vast majority of these foreigners had flown to Miami, Florida. .

Lawyers for Customs and Border Protection will not reveal where the migrants are flying to in the US

Some immigration advocates argue that immigrants denied status or green cards due to past violations go all the way back to when the individuals were young children and are pushing for change.