U.S. President Joe Biden announced an amnesty for hundreds of thousands of people who are in the country illegally and are formally subject to deportation. Russian BBC service reports.
The new program will be applied to those spouses of U.S. citizens who have resided in the country for at least 10 years and are still married.
Those who meet these conditions will receive a work permit for three years and will be able to apply for permanent residence during this time.
According to the media outlet, more than 500,000 people will be able to take advantage of the new rules.
«This presidential initiative would be the largest program to help undocumented migrants already staying in the country since Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy,» the media outlet reports.
