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Keeping Families Together (KFT) is a United States immigration policy for certain noncitizen spouses and noncitizen stepchildren of American citizens to request parole in place. It was announced by U.S. President Joe Biden through executive order on 18 June 2024 and implemented on 19 August 2024.
Keeping Families Together would have allowed an estimated 500,000 noncitizen spouses and 50,000 noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens to remain together with their families in the United States ...
Keeping Families Together provides a path to citizenship to immigrant spouses who entered the U.S. illegally and have at least 10 years of residence. Without this option, many would need to leave ...
“Keeping Families Together” is a temporary immigration relief that allows undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens to apply for a status known as “parole in place.” It was ...
On 19 August 2024, President Biden announced a new program called Keeping Families Together specifically created for legally married spouses of U.S. citizens without legal status in the country. Referring the older law reserved for military personnels since 1952, the law was expanded to civilian spouses of U.S. citizens married before 17 June 2024.
"Keeping Families Together enables U.S. citizens and their family members to live without fear of separation, consistent with fundamental American values," Ketudat said. "The Department of ...
U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker issued an administrative stay on the program, known as “Keeping Families Together,” just days after Texas and 15 other GOP-led states sued President ...
Keeping Families Together was launched in 2007 with a $700,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to CSH. [4] RWJF had been tracking several high-profile child welfare cases in the news, which revealed that children had died from abuse and neglect while living with families who experienced homelessness, behavioral health problems and involvement in the child welfare system.