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Biden eases visa rules for citizenship in election yr
The Morning Standard
|June 19, 2024
Half a million immigrants could get citizenship under the new plan
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Joe Biden announced Tuesday a new potential citizenship path for immigrants married to US nationals, balancing a recent crackdown on illegal border crossers in an attempt to thread a tricky preelection political needle.
This story is from the June 19, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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