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   'This is a massive amnesty that Congress never authorized,' an immigration   
   expert tells Fox News Digital   
      
   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.   
      
   "This is a massive amnesty that Congress never authorized," Andrew Arthur,   
   resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies,   
   told Fox News Digital.   
      
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   "Under a Harris-Walz administration, everybody in the country illegally   
   could eventually be eligible for a process like this," added Arthur, a   
   former immigration judge. "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."   
      
   DACA, an acronym for Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, was a 2012   
   executive action by President Barack Obama’s administration, giving legal   
   status to the children of illegal immigrants.   
      
   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.   
      
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   Noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens must have been under the age of   
   21 since last June, when the executive action was first announced; have a   
   noncitizen parent married to a U.S. citizen before June; and have no   
   disqualifying criminal history.   
      
   However, even the criminal history portion of the policy has a caveat. The   
   USCIS added that 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."   
      
   Additionally, illegal immigrants in the middle of removal proceedings   
   could still get parole under the process, according to the USCIS website.   
      
   "If you have a final unexecuted removal order, non-disqualifying criminal   
   history, or other derogatory information in your case, you may provide   
   additional documentation that you believe demonstrates your parole is   
   warranted based on a significant public benefit or urgent humanitarian   
   reasons, and that you merit a favorable exercise of discretion," the USCIS   
   says.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-harris-admin-launched-new-illegal-   
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