Terry, I mean, these are some of the most sweeping
reforms in more than a decade.
And we are just a few months out from the
election.
And as you know, immigration is a top issue for
many voters.
So this is really A2 parts here to these executive
actions.
The first one could protect up to half a million
undocumented immigrants from being deported.
So these are people who are married to AUS citizen.
They've been in this country for at least 10 years.
Under this new policy, they can now apply to legally
live and work in this country without having to leave
the United States first, which is currently required under law
and often means that they could not return back to
the US for years, up to 10 years.
And this policy, Terry, also protects their children.
So you just heard the president, they're really talking about
how the basis of this policy is about keeping families
together.
These are people who've been in this country for decades.
They have deep community ties to this country, yet they
live in the shadow of fear and anxiety and insecurity.
Now, the second part, the second executive action, this is
about those Dreamers.
They are DACA recipients.
They've been taken to this country as children, undocumented, but
they are now adults.
This would allow them to get faster work permits more
easily if they have a college degree and a high
skilled job offer.
Terry All right, so that those are the policies there.
And and Marshall, what's your reaction?
Well, what should people take?
What's the take away for people hearing about these policies?
What does it mean?
Well, it, it means that President Biden is taking action
where Congress hasn't yet.
Today is a really exciting announcement.
You see so many smiles there.
You see the the chair of this Congressional Hispanic Caucus
melting.
Thank you.
Thank you to President Biden for doing this.
This says to spouses of U.S.
citizens who are non citizens that they can stay in
the United States while they're trying to be approved for
for legal residency rather than leave the United States to
go to their home country and wait for up to
10 years to find out whether they may or may
not be able to stay.
So it's just an easy common sense thing for the
Biden administration to do.
And as the president mentioned, it was in the bill
that he gave to Congress on day one of this
administration.
So he tried several times to do this the right
way.
You know, you ask why now?
Why is he doing this now?
He's he's tried through bills, he's tried through negotiations.
And the Republicans in Congress have said, no thanks, we
want to wait.
President Trump told us not to to do this because
we want to make immigration a political issue.
It's election season, so there's been no movement on immigration.
And this is something that everyone agrees, Republicans, Democrats, that
our immigration system is severely broken and needs to be
fixed and have permanent solutions.
So he's taking this executive order on something that's a
common sense solution to do.
It's called parole and parole in place for those people
to apply without leaving.
And it's been a long standing regulation.
It, it is as he mentioned, it's been done for
military families and others.
So it it has good legal standing to, to to
stay in place.
But look, he tried to do this the the right
way several times and and finally had to take things
into his own hands.
No question the immigration situation is a national problem, requires
the national legislature, Congress ultimately to get it right for
the people to the country and Congress is broken right
now.
Marcia, she's Celina.
Thank you very much.
Appreciate it.