- The president is considering a program to allow undocumented immigrants who have been in the US for at least 10 years to apply for a green card.
- Applicants would qualify if a citizen relative “suffered” due to their removal
- A document from September 2023 outlines the requirements for an illegal migrant to request that a judge ‘cancel their removal’ from the US.
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President Joe Biden is now considering expanding a program that could allow 4,000 undocumented immigrants each year to avoid deportation and obtain a green card to remain in the United States.
Those who have lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years and have a legal citizen relative who would “suffer” as a result of their removal may qualify for this program, which the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) says ) allows non-legal permanent residents to ask a judge to ‘cancel their removal’ and remain in the US.
It comes amid continued crackdowns by Republicans in Congress against the Biden administration’s actions on the southern border.
The House voted last month to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for dereliction of duty and lying to the American people. And recent reports revealing that the Biden administration flew 320,000 immigrants to American cities in 2023 have only increased criticism of Biden’s immigration policies.
President Biden is considering a program to allow undocumented immigrants who have been in the United States for at least 10 years to apply for a green card if a citizen relative would “suffer” due to their removal. Pictured: Migrants attempt to take down barbed wire at the border in El Paso, Texas, on March 22.
A document from September 2023 outlines the requirements for an illegal immigrant to request that a judge ‘cancel his or her removal’ from the US.
The application requirements, according to the September 2023 EOIR document, include the assertion that a U.S. citizen who is a spouse, parent or child “would suffer exceptional and extremely unusual hardships if ordered to leave the United States.”
The document states: ‘Annulment of expulsion is granted to 4,000 people a year. You will have to wait your turn before an immigration judge can approve your application. This can take years.’
Similar to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the Biden administration is examining widespread action for other groups of undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least 10 years, three people told Politico. familiar with planning.
DACA granted green cards to those who were born in foreign countries and were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and know no other country as home.
To be considered for the Biden administration’s green card program, applicants must be a “person of “good moral character” and have been in the US for at least 10 years.
Biden’s green card application is similar to the Obama-era DACA program, which allowed illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children to obtain a green card instead of being deported to the country where they were born.
Additionally, the EOIR document notes that undocumented immigrants seeking to avoid removal must “not have been convicted of any serious crime,” which would be grounds for automatic disqualification.
More attention has been paid recently to crimes committed by illegal immigrants, as Republicans point to this as another reason why more policies need to be implemented to stem the flow across the southern border.
Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student, was kidnapped last month while on the run and brutally murdered on the University of Georgia campus by undocumented Venezuelan immigrant José Antonio Ibarra, 26, who was released to the United States. after crossing illegally in September 2022.
The following month, another undocumented immigrant was arrested in Massachusetts for the rape of a 15-year-old disabled girl.