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>>> WE ARE MOMENTS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN FORMALLY ANNOUNCING A PROGRAM THAT WILL OFFER LEGAL STATUS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS MARRIED TO U.S. CITIZENS LIVING HERE AT LEAST TEN YEARS. LET'S LISTEN. >>> TUTOR KIDS IN MATH AFTER SCHOOL. ALL YOU WANT IS TO GIVE YOUR CHILD ALL THE POSSIBILITY OF THE WORLD BUT HANGING OVER YOU IS A SHADOW, A MISSING PIECE OF PAPER, THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOUR FAMILY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY TOGETHER. IT'S A STORY THAT TOO MANY FAMILIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIVE EVERY DAY. SINCE JOE TOOK OFFICE WE HAVE HEARD FROM MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, THOSE FATHERS AND SONS ABOUT THE AGONY OF THAT SHADOW. JOE IS DOING WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES, LEADING THE WAY WITH COMPASSION AND EXPERIENCE. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> TAKING THE ACTION OUR NATION NEEDS TO THRIVE. JOE IS HELPING OUR COUNTRY CONTINUE REACHING FOR THE DREAM OF AMERICA. WITH OUR DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS, EACH OF US MAKES OUR NATION AND REMAKES IT IN BIG WAYS AND SMALL ONES. WE ARE MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ADD UP TO SOMETHING SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ANY ONE OF US. THAT'S WHAT JOE IS DOING TODAY FOR ALL OF US, FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STRONGER BECAUSE OF THE IMMIGRANTS WOULD CALL THEM HOME, FOR THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE ADDED THEIR BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL THREADS TO OUR AMERICAN TAPESTRY, FOR THOSE MOTHERS AND HUSBANDS AND DREAMERS WHO HAVE WAITED SO LONG, WORKED SO HARD, AND GIVEN SO MUCH, FOR PEOPLE LIKE JAVIER WHO IS ABLE TO PURSUE HIS DREAM OF BEING A NURSE THANKS TO DACA. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> SAVES LIVES EVERY DAY, FAMILY NEEDS HIM AND WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR. HELP ME WELCOME JAVIER CASTRO. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS JAVIER CASTRO. MY RESILIENT PARENTS BROUGHT ME TO THIS COUNTRY TO GIVE ME A CHANCE AT A BETTER FUTURE WHEN I WAS JUST 3 YEARS OLD. I AM A DREAMER. GROWING UP UNDOCUMENTED WAS NOT EASY. LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHER IMMIGRANTS MY PARENTS ENDURED HARD LABOR IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILY. THEY ARE A SYMBOL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. THEY HELPED ME WITH MY DREAM WHICH WAS HIGHER EDUCATION. NOW, I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WIFE HALEY. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> AND TWO MAGNIFICENT CHILDREN ALL OF WHOM ARE U.S. CITIZENS AND WHO ARE COUNTING ON ME. THANKS TO THE DACA PROGRAM, BY THE WAY CREATED BY THEN VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, I WAS ABLE TO BECOME A REGISTERED NURSE. I HAVE A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND NURSING FROM UNIVERSITY IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. I HAVE PRIVILEGE TO WORK FOR HOUSTON METHODIST, LARGEST NUMBER ONE HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN ALL OF TEXAS. BEING A NURSE HAS ALLOWED ME TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY WHILE SUPPORTING MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC. I HELPED TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS IN OUR COVID-19 CRITICAL CARE UNIT. SAVING AMERICAN LIVES WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF DACA. IT ALLOWED ME TO LIVE AND WORK AND BUILD A FAMILY IN THE ONLY COUNTRY I HAVE EVER KNOWN AND LOVED. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY FILLED WITH HOPE AND GRATITUDE. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO PERSONALLY THANK PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR DELIVERING ON HIS PROMISE TO PROTECT AMERICAN FAMILIES LIKE MINE. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> HIS ACTIONS TODAY WILL PREVENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES LIKE MINE ACROSS AMERICA FROM BEING TORN APART, ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUILD A BRIGHTER, BIGGER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN. IT IS NOW MY GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> JAVIER, THANK YOU. TODAY IS A GOOD DAY. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> FIRST BILL I INTRODUCED WHEN PRESIDENT, IMMIGRATION BILL THAT INCLUDED THIS PROVISION BUT IT NEVER GOT OFF THE GROUND. IT NEEDED MORE HELP. NOW TODAY, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT IS BEING PASSED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER. THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND FOR SHARING YOUR FAMILY'S STORY. I HAVE SAID, WE HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CONSUMER OF HEALTHCARE IN MY FAMILY, SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN HOSPITALS FOR OUR FAMILY, MINE ANYWAY. I ALWAYS SAID THAT DOCTORS LET YOU LIVE. NURSES MAKE YOU WANT TO LIVE. IT'S NOT A JOKE. A LOT OF TIME IN ICU, A LOT OF TIME WITH MY SON. YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ANGELS IN HEAVEN, THEY'RE ALL NURSES, MEN AND WOMEN, NOT A JOKE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HELP US GET THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, PAL, AND FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING FOR OUR COUNTRY. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> MY NAME IS JOE BIDEN. I AM JILL BIDEN'S HUSBAND. THANKS TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND SECURITY SECRETARY. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, SECRETARY MAYORKAS AS WELL AS SECRETARY, ADVOCATES, FAMILY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FAITH LEADERS, EVERYBODY HERE. TWO BEAKS AGO I DID WHAT REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS REFUSED TO DO. I TOOK ACTION TO SECURE OUR BORDER. THAT INCLUDED RESTRICTING UNLAWFUL CROSSINGS AT SOUTHERN BORDER, MAKING DECISIONS ON ASYLUM MORE QUICKLY AND SO MUCH MORE. SO FAR IT IS WORKING. SINCE MY ORDER, ENCOUNTERS HAVE DROPPED 25% AND WE ARE SEEING THE LOWEST NUMBER WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. FOLKS, IT TOOK THIS STEP AFTER BIPARTISAN GROOM, ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE SENATORS HELPED WORK THROUGH OVER A FIVE WEEK PERIOD, STRONGEST BIPARTISAN SECURITY AGREEMENT THAT'S EVER BEEN SEEN. WE ARE ABOUT TO MOVE FORWARD. REPUBLICANS WALKED AWAY FROM THE DEAL IN THE MOST PATHETIC PETTY REASONS, DONALD TRUMP ON THE PHONE LITERALLY. THE PRESS CAN CONFIRM. CALLING SENATORS SAYING DON'T, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. THAT HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. WHEN YOU ASK WHY, THEY SAID IT WOULD HURT HIM POLITICALLY AND HELP ME INSTEAD. SO MUCH FOR REPUBLICANS CARING ABOUT THE BORDER. I ALSO KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM ALSO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT STEPS I HAVE TAKEN. I HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU AND MANY BEHIND ME OF THE CONCERNS YOU FELT AND AS PRESIDENT I HAD TO TAKE THESE ACTIONS. EVERY NATION MUST SECURE BORDERS. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. IF TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS WOULD NOT OH DO IT WORKING WITH ME THEN I WOULD DO IT ON MY OWN AND I DID. AT THE TIME I TOOK THE STEPS TO SECURE THE BORDER I ALSO SAID I WOULD MOVE TO FIX PROBLEMS THAT MADE THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM UNFAIR, UNJUST, PROVISIONS THAT SIMPLY MADE NO SENSE AT ALL. SPECIFICALLY, STEPS THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR DREAMERS, MARRIED COUPLES, AND AMERICANS. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. A FEW DAYS AGO, WE MARKED 12th ANNIVERSARY TAKING CARE OF DREAMERS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I PUT IN PLACE. A FEW OF THE IMMIGRATION AREAS HAVE HAD MOST POSITIVE IMPACT AND GOTTEN MORE SUPPORT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD. THESE YOUNG PEOPLE KNOWN AS DREAMERS, HISPANICS, SOUTH ASIANS, AND MORE WHO CAME AS CHILDREN, HAVE ONLY KNOWN AMERICA AS THEIR HOME AND BEEN ABLE TO LIVE AND LEARN OUT OF THE SHADOWS. SO MANY HAVE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND ARE STARTING FAMILIES, BUILDING SUCCESSFUL CAREERS, SERVING OUR NATION IN UNIFORM AND SO MUCH MORE. WE ARE MUCH BETTER AND STRONGER NATION BECAUSE OF DREAMERS LIKE JAVIER WHO JUST INTRODUCED ME. I AM ANNOUNCING MEASURES TO CLARIFY AND SPEED WORK VISAS TO HELP PEOPLE INCLUDING DREAMERS WHO HAVE GRADUATED LAND JOBS IN HIGH DEMAND, HIGH SKILL PROFESSIONS THAT WE NEED TO SEE OUR ECONOMY GROW. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> I WANT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN EDUCATED IN U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO PUT THEIR SKILLS TO WORK IN AMERICA. I WANT TO KEEP BUILDING THE STRONGEST ECONOMY WITH THE BEST WORKFORCE. WE HAVE CREATED 15 MILLION NEW JOBS. WE ARE SEEING RECORD ECONOMIC GROWTH, RECORD SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH. DOUBT WHY ACTION WE ARE TAKING TODAY MATTERS. IF YOU WONDER ABOUT THAT, ASK BUSINESS LEADERS. ASK LABOR LEADERS, ASK ECONOMISTS, ELECTED OFFICIALS. THEY KNOW IT'S GOOD FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS, THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. THIS BUILDS ON OTHER ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN TO SUPPORT DREAMERS FROM DEFENDING DREAMERS IN THE COURTS AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS UNDER AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INCLUDING FOR DREAMERS. THE SECOND ACTION I AM ANNOUNCING IS ABOUT KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER. MY DAD SAID JOEY FAMILY IS ABOUT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END, ABOUT KEEPING COUPLES TOGETHER WHO ARE MARRIED WHERE ONE SPOUSE IS U.S. CITIZEN AND OTHER IS UNDOCUMENTED. THEY'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AT LEAST TEN YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN RAISING FAMILIES, SENDING THEIR KIDS TO CHURCH AND SCHOOL, PAYING TAXES, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COUNTRY FOR TEN YEARS OR MORE. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE AVERAGE TIME THEY'VE SPENT HERE IS 23 YEARS. LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES ALL THIS TIME, FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY. WE CAN FIX THAT. THAT'S WHAT I AM GOING TO DO TODAY. FIX IT. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >>> IT DOESN'T REQUIRE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN OUR IMMIGRATION LAW. THERE WAS ALREADY A SYSTEM IN PLACE. THE PROCESS IS CUMBERSOME, RISKY AND SEPARATES FAMILIES. UNDOCUMENTED CITIZENS GO BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY FOR EXAMPLE AND FILL OUT PAPERWORK. THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES WITH NO ASSURANCE THEY'LL BE ALLOWED BACK. SO THEY STAY BUT IN THE SHADOWS LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR OF DEPORTATION WITHOUT ABILITY TO LEGALLY WORK. ALL THIS EVEN UNDER THE LAW TODAY, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR LONGTERM LEGAL STATUS. I AM ANNOUNCING COMMON SENSE FIX TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR OBTAINING LEGAL STATUS FOR IMMIGRANTS MARRIED TO AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO LIVE HERE AND FOR A LONG TIME, FOR THE WIFES, HUSBANDS, CHILDREN THAT HAVE LIVED IN AMERICA FOR A DECADE OR MORE BUT ARE UNDOCUMENTED, THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO FILE PAPERWORK FOR LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES, ALLOWING THEM TO WORK WHILE THEY REMAIN WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES. I MUST BE CLEAR, THIS ACTION STILL REQUIRES UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES TO FILE YOU WILL REQUIRED LEGAL PAPERWORK TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. IT REQUIRES TO PASS A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK AND DOESN'T APPLY TO ANYONE TRYING TO COME HERE TODAY. THIS ACTION IS A BETTER WAY. IT DOESN'T TEAR FAMILIES APART BY REQUIRING EVERY UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSE TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW. THE ACTIONS I AM ANNOUNCING WILL GO INTO EFFECT LATER THIS SUMMER. BY THE WAY, AS WAS TRUE WITH THE PROTECTION OF DREAMERS, STEPS I AM TAKING TODAY ARE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT THE OTHER TEAM SAYS. IN FACT POLLS SHOW OVER 70% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THIS EFFORT TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. IT IS IMPORTANT. THE REASON IS SIMPLE. IT EMBRACES AMERICAN PRINCIPLE THAT WE SHOULD KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. IN 2013, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I TOOK A SIMILAR ACTION TO ALLOW UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN TO STAY WHILE THEY APPLIED FOR LEGAL STATUS. SERVICEMEN PROTECTING OUR NATION SHOULD NOT ARE TO WORRY ABOUT KEEPING THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER. THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER A DECADE AND IT IS WORKING WELL. SO WILL THE NEW ONE. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT TO SECURE OUR BORDER WE HAVE TO WALK AWAY FROM BEING IN AMERICA. GENERATIONS HAVE BEEN RENEWED, REVITALIZED, REFRESHED BY TALENT, SKILL, HARD WORK, COURAGE AND DETERMINATION OF IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO THE COUNTRY. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS NOT SOME RELIC OF AMERICAN HISTORY. IT STILL STANDS FOR WHO WE ARE. I ALSO REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE AMERICA THAT EMBRACES IMMIGRATION WE HAVE TO GIVE UP SECURING OUR BORDER. THEY'RE FALSE CHOICES. WE CAN SECURE THE BORDER AND PROVIDE LEGAL PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP. WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PATIENCE AND GOODWILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEING TESTED BY FEARS OF THE BORDER. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF IT. THESE ARE FEARS MY PREDECESSOR IS TRYING TO PLAY ON WHEN HE SAYS IMMIGRANTS IN HIS WORD ARE POISON TO THE BLOOD OF THE COUNTRY, WHEN HE CALLS IMMIGRANTS IN HIS WORDS ANIMALS. WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT HE SEPARATED FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AT THE BORDER AND NOW HE IS PROPOSING TO RIP SPOUSES AND CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES AND HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AND PLACE THEM IN DETENTION CAMPS. HE IS SAYING THESE THINGS. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS BEING SAID. BUT HE IS SAYING THESE THINGS OUT LOUD. IT IS OUTRAGEOUS. FOLKS I AM NOT INTERESTED IN PLAYING POLITICS WITH BORDER OR IMMIGRATION. I AM INTERESTED IN FIXING IT. I SAID IT BEFORE. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] I WILL SAY IT AGAIN TODAY, I WILL WORK WITH ANYONE TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY AS PRESIDENT. THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AMERICANS BECAUSE THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THERE IS NOT A SINGLE THING WE CAN'T DO IF WE PUT OUR MINDS TO IT. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHO IN THE HELL WE ARE. WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NOTHING IS BOUND BY CAPACITY. WE ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS. THAT'S WHO WE ARE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR FORCES. THANK YOU. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >>> WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCE IMMIGRATION PROGRAM THAT WILL OFFER LEGAL STATUS AND PATH TO U.S. RESIDENCY AND CITIZENSHIP FOR ROUGHLY 500,000 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS MARRIED TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NEW MEASURES WILL STREAMLINE PROCESS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE U.S. A DECADE OR MORE WHILE THEY REMAIN IN THE COUNTRY. HE TOUTED EXECUTIVE ACTION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND SAYS ENCOUNTERS ARE DOWN 25%. CBS NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT WEIJIA JIANG JOINS US FROM THE EAST ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS AND CHARACTERIZE THIS PROGRAM? >> Reporter: I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS VERY CLEAR IN ADDRESSING THE FRUSTRATIONS FROM PEOPLE IN THIS VERY ROOM FROM IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES, FROM LAWMAKERS WHO WERE FRUSTRATED WITH HIS EXECUTIVE ACTION FROM TWO WEEKS AGO. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT ORDER RESTRICTS HOW PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR ASYLUM WHEN THEY REACH PORTS OF ENTRY IN THE UNITED STATES MAKING IT A LOT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT. EVEN THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTS THAT TODAY'S MEASURE IS NOT MEANT TO OFFSET THAT ONE, CERTAINLY THE PRESIDENT TOOK ON THE CRITICISM HEAD ON AND SAID BOTH THINGS CAN BE TRUE. HE SAID SIMPLY PUT, WE HAVE TO SECURE OUR BORDER AND HE SAID CONGRESS REFUSED TO DO THAT BECAUSE SENATE REPUBLICANS WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD ON A BIPARTISAN MEASURE TO DO THAT. HE SAID HE HAD TO TAKE ACTION THERE. AT THE SAME TIME HE STRESSED HIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT SEPARATE FAMILIES. TODAY'S MEASURE IS REALLY AIMED TO DO THAT BY GIVING A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP TO PEOPLE WHO ARE MARRIED TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MIXED WITH AN INSPIRING SPEECH, INTRODUCTION FROM SOMEONE WHO IS A DACA RECIPIENT WHO IS NOT HERE LAWFULLY BUT IT MARRIED TO A U.S. CITIZEN AND HAS PROTECTIONS. HE SPOKE ABOUT BEING A REGISTERED NURSE, SPOKE ABOUT BEING A FATHER TO TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS WITH THEIR MOTHER. HE SAYS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TODAY'S ACTIONS WOULD KEEP FAMILIES LIKE HIS TOGETHER. I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS TRYING TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN BEING TOUGH AND ALSO BEING EMPATHETIC TO MIGRANTS. >> THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN SEIZING ON THIS SENDING AN E- MAIL SAYING JOE BIDEN IS FIGHTING TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. DONALD TRUMP TEARS FAMILIES APART. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF WHETHER PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THIS? OF COURSE THERE WILL BE CRITICISM OF THIS BEING A VOTER GRAB. HOW WILL THIS ACTUALLY WORK? >> Reporter: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THIS PROGRAM IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT THE TIME FRAME HERE. I EVEN ASKED IN WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING TODAY WHEN PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO START APPLYING FOR THESE NEW PROTECTIONS AND THERE IS NO ANSWER. OF COURSE ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE A GREEN CARD RIGHT AWAY. THEY'LL RECEIVE A WORK VISA AND THEY'LL BE IN THE LINE TO RECEIVE A GREEN CARD WHICH ON AVERAGE TAKES TWO TO THREE YEARS. THE REASON THEY ARE GIVING SO MUCH CRITICISM ESPECIALLY FROM REPUBLICANS IS IF THAT PROCESS DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THERE IS A NEW ADMINISTRATION, IT COULD BE UNDONE IN A MARITIME OF A SIGNATURE TO ROLL BACK THIS POLICY AND TO CANCEL IT OUT. I DID ALSO ASK WHY NOW? WHY DIDN'T YOU DO IT SOONER KNOWING THAT IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO PROCESS? THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME IN ON DAY ONE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATIVE REFORM BILL FOR CONGRESS AND THAT HE WANTED CONGRESS TO FIND A BIPARTISAN SOLUTION. THEY SAID BECAUSE THAT NEVER HAPPENED, HE HAS TO LOOK AT HIS TOOL BOX OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS HE CAN TAKE. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHEN THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SPOUSES OF U.S. CITIZENS. >> WE KNOW THAT SOME GROUPS ARE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO BE FIGHTING THIS LEGALLY. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S NO SURPRISE. ALMOST OF THE PRESIDENT'S IMMIGRATION ACTIONS, EXECUTIVE ORDERS HAVE FACED LEGAL CHALLENGES AND WHITE HOUSE SAYS EVEN THOUGH THEY ANTICIPATE THAT, THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE FIRM LEGAL GROUND. BUT IT IS ALWAYS A QUESTION OF HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE TIED UP IN COURT. EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN OPTIMISTIC DAY FOR IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES AND FOR MIGRANTS IN THIS ROOM AND OBVIOUSLY BEYOND, THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS POLICY WILL ACTUALLY