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    How Biden's latest action protects immigrant spouses of US citizens from deportation

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced executive actions Tuesday aimed at shielding from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who lack lawful status. One of Biden’s actions will protect immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens who have lived consecutively in the country for at least a decade. The move allows those immigrants to quickly access a pathway to U.S. citizenship to which ...
    by Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times Jun 18, 2024 5 minutes
    President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in the East Room at the White House on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C..

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced executive actions Tuesday aimed at shielding from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who lack lawful status.

    One of Biden’s actions will protect immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens who have lived consecutively in the country for at least a decade. The move allows those immigrants to quickly access a pathway to U.S. citizenship to which they are entitled through marriage.

    Biden made the announcement at a White House event Tuesday afternoon marking the 12th anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program that protected more than 800,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. He called it a “common sense fix” and “the right thing to do.”

    The protections for spouses of citizens come two weeks after Biden announced a separate

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