Biden pledges citizenship pathway for spouses and children of US citizens

President touts commonsense fix' that would provide relief for more than half a million mixed-status' families

Joe Biden on Tuesday announced an expansive new plan to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented spouses of US citizens, calling it a commonsense fix" that would provide relief to more than half a million mixed-status" families in the country.

The move comes as the Democratic president tries to strike a balance before the 5 November election: confronting rising public concern over the unprecedented levels of migration at the southern border, while appeasing progressive Democrats and Hispanic leaders furious over Biden's aggressive asylum crackdown, which they likened to Trump-era policies.