Protesters demonstrate against proposed anti-immigration bills at Legislative Plaza near the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 4.
Thauany Danielle, a 19-year-old asylum seeking migrant from Brazil, grabs water and socks donated by the American Friends Service Committee as the migrants were awaiting at the border to surrender to immigration officials after crossing from Mexico at in San Diego on May 14.
Protesters demonstrate against proposed anti-immigration bills at Legislative Plaza near the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 4.
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Thauany Danielle, a 19-year-old asylum seeking migrant from Brazil, grabs water and socks donated by the American Friends Service Committee as the migrants were awaiting at the border to surrender to immigration officials after crossing from Mexico at in San Diego on May 14.
WASHINGTON � President Joe Biden announced one of the biggest legalization efforts in recent history on Tuesday, offering a path to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. illegally who are married to U.S. citizens. The election year move contrasts sharply with Republican rival Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations.
The program will be open to an estimated 500,000 spouses who have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years as of June 17, the White House and U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in statements on Tuesday. About 50,000 children younger than 21 with a U.S.-citizen parent also will be eligible.
