NEWS ALERT: Biden-Harris admin ripped for quietly rolling out new amnesty program during DNC

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From Fox News: The Biden-Harris administration kicked off what critics call an amnesty program for illegal immigrants during the week of the Democratic National Convention.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services calls it “Keeping Families Together,” which will make an estimated 500,000 noncitizen spouses and another 50,000 noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens eligible for parole.

The agency specifies, “Noncitizens who are present in the United States without admission or parole may be considered for parole in place under this process.” Admission means being legally authorized to be in the country with a green card, visa or other reasons.

According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), for the new “Keeping Families Together” program, the spouse must have been physically in the United States for 10 years “without admission or parole;” “have no disqualifying criminal history and otherwise not deemed to be a threat to public safety, national security, or border security;” and undergo background checks.

In the new “Keeping Families Together” program, the spouse must have been physically in the United States for 10 years “without admission or parole;” “have no disqualifying criminal history and otherwise not deemed to be a threat to public safety, national security, or border security;” and undergo background checks, the report explains.

However, there’s a loophole for those with a criminal record… an applicant with a criminal record can become eligible by “demonstrating positive factors that can be considered in overcoming this presumption and showing that they warrant a favorable exercise of discretion.”

Andrew Arthur, a former immigration judge and current resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, warned, “This is a massive amnesty that Congress never authorized.”

“Under a Harris-Walz administration, everybody in the country illegally could eventually be eligible for a process like this,” Arthur added. “It would hold Republicans’ feet to the fire to undo it thereafter, but as we’ve seen with DACA, administrative amnesties are difficult to undo.”

The Biden administration quietly announced the program in a press release on Monday, August 19.

“DHS estimates that 500,000 noncitizen spouses and 50,000 noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens may meet these eligibility criteria. If granted parole, these noncitizen spouses and noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens, if otherwise eligible, could apply for lawful permanent residence without leaving the country,” the announcement reads.

FWD.us, an immigration and criminal justice reform advocacy organization co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg, praised the new program in a August 17 social media post and video:

“The #KeepingFamiliesTogether program is a historic milestone that will improve the lives of Dreamers and undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens. On August 19th, USCIS will begin accepting applications from eligible individuals for relief under this program. informedimmigrant.com/pip,” they wrote.

“Naturalization has always been a family affair. The naturalization process brings families together and helps build communities. Get your family started towards naturalization today,” the Biden administration announced on Thursday.

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