The move would reportedly also make migrants married to U.S. citizens eligible for work permits.
Some of the president’s top advisors told the publication immigration has become a major concern for Biden as he weighs his reelection odds. White House officials now reportedly say it could prove beneficial for the president to take a new step on immigration as pressure mounts to control the southern border.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is working with the White House to devise a deal that could provide work permits or deportation relief to families where only one parent is a U.S. citizen, according to the Wall Street Journal. These benefits would reportedly be provided even if the other parent is in the U.S. illegally. Though those who immigrate to the U.S.
Such an order could coincide with an executive order to curb illegal immigration at the southern border, the publication wrote. Biden administration officials reportedly said the White House “remains committed to ensuring those who are eligible for relief can receive it quickly and to building an immigration system that is fairer and more humane."
"As we have said before, the Administration is constantly evaluating possible policy options," officials told the Wall Street Journal.“How did the murderer of Laken Riley get into this country?” the senator asked, invoking the name of the 22-year-old nursing student allegedly killed by illegal migrant Jose Ibarra. “What is the statute that allowed you to do it? How could you sleep at night having done that?”Jackson Walker on X at @_jlwalker_ for the latest trending national news.
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