- Democratic President Joe Biden launched the “Keeping Families Together” initiative to grant legal status to long-term residents of the US resident who entered the country illegally. This is in front of the election on November 5, which Republicans have centered around immigration lawlessness.
- Without the program, immigrants like Aleman—an Uber driver with two children and a U.S. citizen wife—would have to move to Mexico for years before being granted permission to return. Through the program, eligible spouses can apply for permanent residency without having to leave the country, which enables them to petition for citizenship after three years.
- Republicans are expected to lead legal challenges against the program because it may provide some participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—which grants work permits and protection from deportation to immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors—with a route to citizenship.
- Trump has attacked Harris for the highest number of people apprehended attempting to enter the country illegally since she and Biden entered office in 2021. In response, Harris has emphasized both her own law enforcement background and Trump’s opposition to a bipartisan border security package that was stalled earlier this year in the U.S. Senate.
- Republicans are expected to lead legal challenges against the program because it may provide some participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—which grants work permits and protection from deportation to immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors—with a route to citizenship.
- Trump has attacked Harris for the highest number of people apprehended attempting to enter the country illegally since she and Biden entered office in 2021. In response, Harris has emphasized both her own law enforcement background and Trump’s opposition to a bipartisan border security package that was stalled earlier this year in the U.S. Senate.
Source:
Reuters