Biden to Announce Broad Plan to Reverse Trump Immigration Policies
Legislation he will propose on his first day as president will give undocumented immigrants the chance to become citizens and restore and expand programs for refugees and asylum seekers.
Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2019 outside the Supreme Court.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
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WASHINGTON President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will propose far-reaching legislation on Wednesday to give the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States a chance to become citizens in as little as eight years, part of an ambitious and politically perilous attempt to undo the effects of President Trump’s four-year assault on immigration.
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