June 24, 2024- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded 
the Biden Administration’s announcement to offer relief to certain undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens, which will protect these individuals from deportation, offer them work permits, and ease their path toward permanent residency. Today’s announcement will also streamline the process for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) holders to obtain a nonimmigrant visa.
The executive order is expected to impact approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and 50,000 undocumented children of U.S. citizens nationwide.
“President Biden’s announcement today is one of the most impactful presidential actions to protect immigrants in more than a decade. Under this new policy, nearly half a million people who have built their lives in the United States will have a path to citizenship and the right to work legally. They will no longer have to live in fear of deportation or family separation while contributing to their communities. Actions like this move us a step closer to a more compassionate, commonsense immigration system that recognizes the contributions and sacrifices of immigrants who are building their American dream.
“Even so, Congress must overcome Republican obstruction and act to pass comprehensive immigration reform that reflects our nation’s values, modernizes our outdated immigration system, and will protect American families from being torn apart by a broken system.”
In March, Senator Booker joined a group of 19 Senate Democrats in a letter to President Biden requesting this administrative relief for undocumented immigrants—including allowing undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens to seek protection and streamlining the process for DACA holders to change their immigration status.
Source: Senator Cory Booker
