President Joe Biden is set to announce a significant immigration policy that would grant deportation protection and work permits to approximately 490,000 undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, allowing them to apply for legal residency without leaving the country. The new program, to be unveiled at a White House event celebrating the Obama-era 'dreamers' directive, is seen as an aggressive election-year move to address longstanding immigration issues. Concurrently, Biden has enacted restrictions on asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, a decision driven by political pressure and the need to control border security, though it has split the Democratic Party and drawn comparisons to Trump-era policies. These actions reflect Biden's dual strategy of offering relief to certain immigrant groups while tightening border controls, in an effort to balance humanitarian concerns with security and political realities.