By Marissa Ventrelli | Colorado Politics
Colorado Democrats on Tuesday applauded President Joe Biden’s executive order to shield from deportation hundreds of thousands of individuals who are living in the country illegally and are married to American citizens.
Some Republicans, meanwhile, denounced the move as “madness.”
The new policy would provide a path to citizenship to some 500,000 people, as well as the ability to legally work in the country.
The Biden administration characterized the latest move — one of the most sweeping actions in several years — as aiming to help some immigrant families to stay together.