President Joe Biden’s sweeping immigration proposal creates a clearer eight-year path to citizenship, lets DACA and temporary protected status (TPS) recipients immediately apply for citizenship, and allows undocumented immigrants who’ve been here since January 1 and can pass a background check and prove they’ve paid taxes, to apply immediately for temporary legal status.
“It’s all so exciting for all of these people to have some sort of light at the end of the tunnel,” said Michael Freestone, an immigration attorney at Tully Rinckey.
