DHS to Implement ‘Keeping Families Together’ Process
The process is for certain noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens as part of an effort to promote family unity and stability
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a plan to implement a Keeping Families Together process via a Federal Register notice on Monday. The notice was officially published on Tuesday. The program is for certain noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens as part of an effort to keep families together and prevent long-term family separations.
“Too often, noncitizen spouses of U.S. citizens — many of them mothers and fathers — live with uncertainty due to undue barriers in our immigration system,” said Ur M. Jaddou, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. “This process to keep U.S. families together will remove these undue barriers for those who would otherwise qualify to live and work lawfully in the U.S., while also creating greater efficiencies in the immigration system, conducting effective screening and vetting, and focusing on noncitizens who contribute to and have longstanding connections within American communities across the country.”
The announcement came on the same day the Biden administration’s parole-in-place policy for spouses…
