President Biden is set to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation and allow them to work legally. To qualify, undocumented spouses must have lived in the US for at least 10 years and been married to a US citizen as of June 17th. Those who qualify will be given a 3-year work permit and will have 3 years to apply for permanent residency. On average, those eligible have lived in the US for 23 years, with the majority born in Mexico. The new policy is estimated to benefit over 500,000 spouses of US citizens and 50,000 young people under 21 with a US citizen parent.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02President Biden is set to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of
00:07undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation and allow them to work legally.
00:13To qualify, undocumented spouses must have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years and
00:17been married to a U.S. citizen as of June 17.
00:21Those who qualify will be given a three-year work permit and will have three years to apply
00:25for permanent residency.
00:27On average, those eligible have lived in the U.S. for 23 years, with the majority born
00:31in Mexico.
00:32The new policy is estimated to benefit over 500,000 spouses of U.S. citizens, in addition
00:37to 50,000 young people under 21 with a U.S. citizen parent.
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