If President Joe Biden had to make one last splash before giving in to the resounding return of Republican troublemaker Donald Trump, this would be it. Biden will implement a system that will make it possible to regularize hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, in one go, the White House announced this Tuesday, June 18. After moving to the right by openly flirting with Trump voters, through the extension of the anti-migrant wall on the border with Mexico, Biden is rediscovering the fundamentals of the Democratic Party…
Marrying a person of American nationality is the royal road to naturalization. Except that for those who entered the USA illegally, the American dream can quickly turn into an administrative nightmare. Federal law requires the applicant to leave the country to file their file abroad, with years of procedure involved. Unthinkable for the illegal immigrants who reach their goal. It is on this lever that Biden wants to act.
He wants to remove obstacles to obtaining residence and work permits for foreigners married to American citizens and for their children, according to the press release from the American executive. “This measure will protect approximately half a million spouses of American citizens, and approximately 50,000 immigrant children under the age of 21.», Adds the White House. Immigrants who have obtained a higher education degree in the United States and who have a job offer in the country will be given priority.
The system will mainly target beneficiaries of the program protecting immigrant minors – DACA -, developed in 2012 by former President Barack Obama and whose twelfth anniversary Biden is celebrating this Tuesday at the White House. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is aimed at immigrants who arrived on American soil before the age of 16. The Democrat’s campaign team mobilized “Dreamers” to attack Trump in a video, in English and Spanish. We can count on the Republican to respond.
The outgoing president’s economic record is holding up well, with robust growth and a historically low unemployment rate, but Biden knows that he missed a lot of social meetings and that many promises were not kept. He also knows that many of his voters will not forgive his impotence, and worse, his active support, for Israel’s war effort, which military support resulted in the massive crimes that horrify the entire world. So the Democrat goes all out on immigration, telling himself that perhaps it will pay off electorally next November.
What is certain is that these large-scale regularizations will make many people happy. We are awaiting Trump’s reaction, he who has pledged to immediately send back all illegal immigrants as soon as he returns to the White House. The Republican will fulminate and vociferate in the face of Biden’s announcements, but the latter doesn’t care, if it allows him to restore his image and garner votes…
