How Biden’s executive order to protect immigrant spouses of citizens from deportation will benefit their families and communities
- Written by Jane Lilly López, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brigham Young University
People participate in an immigration rally in Homestead, Fla., in June 2023.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Rodrigo Salazar is a man who entered the U.S. without a visa and has been living in the country without legal status ever since. Because of this, Rodrigo, who asked that we not use his or his wife’s real names in order to protect their...




