Joe Biden to give legal status to 500,000undocumented spouses | BBC News

President Joe Biden is set to announce a new policythat would protect hundreds of thousands ofundocumented spouses of US citizens fromdeportation, according to administration officials.

The issue of immigration has proven an election-yearheadache for Mr Biden, who recently issued asweeping executive action to curb record migrantarrivals at the US-Mexico border.

The new policy will apply to those who have been inthe country for at least 10 years and will allow them to work in the US legally.

The White House believes more than 500,000 spouses will benefit.