Immigration
Updated
Published
February 18, 2021 3:48 PM
The US-Mexico border fencing is seen from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico on January 16, 2021. President Joe Biden introduced a new immigration bill today. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)
Democratic lawmakers formally introduced President Biden s sweeping immigration bill today.
The U.S. Immigration Act of 2021 would provide an eight-year path to U.S. citizenship for immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status.
If the bill passes, the following groups would become immediately eligible for green cards and could apply for citizenship after three years:
Farmworkers
Those who arrived in the U.S. as children and have protection under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA