This is the largest wave of regularizations since the Obama administration, even though immigration constitutes, along with the cost of living, the primary concern of American voters. Joe Biden announced that he wanted to grant documents to undocumented spouses of Americans.
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This measure, which will take effect during the summer, should concern no less than 500,000 people, husbands and wives who have been living illegally in the United States for at least ten years, as well as 50,000 of their elderly children. under 21 years of age who will be able to obtain green cards, these permanent residence permits which most often end up granting the right to American citizenship.
In the same vein, the Democratic president promised to speed up the procedures for issuing work permits for certain foreigners who studied in the United States. Only migrants, considered by the Department of Internal Security as “ representing a security threat ».
A small concession which did not calm the exasperation of the Republican camp. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, close to Donald Trump, spoke of “ a massive amnesty program that will provoke more immigration and endanger Americans ».
Adding to his argument a point very developed in Trump’s meetings: “ This is tangible proof that Democrats want to turn illegal aliens into voters. » The Republican speaker has already announced his intention to challenge the presidential decree in court.
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Donald Trump promised that this amnesty text would be “ torn and thrown in the trash » from the first day of his presidency. A mandate which will be marked, he promises, by the expulsion of more than 11 million foreigners and the construction of dozens of detention centers for migrants across the country.
