President Joe Biden This Tuesday paved the way for that systematization Hundreds of thousands Immigrants Less than five months before November’s presidential election, his Republican rival, Donald Trump, criticized the decision.
President of America, Joe BidenIt announced a new plan to regularize more than half a million people this Tuesday Immigrants People who have been working and living in the country for many years.
This program will primarily benefit the non-primary Legal Qualification And Americans marry and Elections come in the middle of the yearAdministration in this Migration It has become a central issue for voters.
What does it contain?
The scheme is based on a legal entity known as ‘parole’, which is temporary permission EUProviding protection against deportation and, in this case, the possibility of obtaining a work permit.
With this permit valid for three years, the Immigrants People who enter the country illegally and marry US citizens can apply for residency and eventually citizenship.
In theory, the undocumented could Become a citizen if you marry an American. However, to do so they must leave the country and go to a consulate, which risks being banned from re-entry for 3 to 10 years. EU Without legal status.
This ‘parole’ removes the need to leave the country Immigrants They may not leave their families indefinitely and wait for them to be granted a residence permit.
In a speech at the White House this Tuesday, Joe Biden announced his new plan to regularize the legal status of immigrants. | Source: EFE
Who can benefit?
Married people a American citizen Must have lived in the country for at least 10 years before June 17, 2024.
In turn, children under 21 of spouses of undocumented Americans.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates that more than 500,000 adults and about 50,000 minors could apply for this permit. The majority are of Mexican nationality or from northern Central American countries.
When will it come into effect?
During a speech at the White House, Biden He said he hoped the plan would be implemented “this summer.”
As Aaron Reichlin-Melnyk, an expert at the American Immigration Council, explained to EFE, the technical process for the new measures to become official could take more than three to four months.
The idea behind this new program is to grant spouses of Americans ‘parole’, which gives them legal status in the United States, and from there they begin the process of obtaining permanent residency.
How does the process work?
The government has yet to release instructions or guidelines on how the new scheme will work, but this is not the first time ‘parole’ has been used to provide relief. Migrant For people in EU
For example, there is currently a similar program that allows family members of military personnel to stay in the country, called “Military Parole in Place.”
The idea behind this new program is to grant spouses of Americans ‘parole’, which gives them legal status in the US, and start the process of getting them from there. Permanent residenceImmigration legal experts explained to EFE.
However, the path to citizenship is neither immediate nor does it grant people the right to vote quickly, Republican members and former President Donald Trump’s campaign noted.
Because of the lack of resources at the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency that processes these permits, even “many years” of residence permit applicants, highlighted Elisa Steglich, director of the Law Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin.
Also, after getting ‘green card’, it is known as permission Permanent residenceSpouses of citizens must wait at least three years to apply for citizenship.
“The people who benefit from this plan (…) will not be able to vote in the next election,” Steglich said. (with information from EFE)
