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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Tuesday June 18th

2024. This is the excerpt. Today a look at President Biden's announcement on immigration, plus severe heat

bakes much of the country and the US Surgeon General is calling for a

warning label for social media.

Thousands of immigrants who are married to US citizens

but are in the country illegally would be protected from deportation

and would be allowed to work

while they seek permanent legal status under a new government

program to be announced later today by President Joe Biden.

I spoke with USA Today, White House correspondent Michael Collins to learn more.

Michael, thanks for dropping on.

Thanks for having me.

What does this program functionally do and who's eligible?

Well, what the program does, it's designed to protect people who are in the country

illegally, but are married to U.S. citizens

that's designed to protect them from deportation and to allow them to work while

they seek permanent legal status in the US.

A White House estimates that it would impact about 500,000 spouses of US citizens.

And it also would provide protections to about 50,000 people who are under age 21 and are the children of a migrant who is married or a U.S. citizen.

Or in other words, they're the stepchild of a U.S. citizen.

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