The U.S. government will refund application fees to approximately 94,000 undocumented immigrants who applied for a Biden administration immigration program that was struck down in federal court right after he lost the presidential election, according to documents obtained by CBS News.
The initiative, which could have benefited up to 500,000 noncitizen spouses, was known as Keeping Families Together. Itwas announced by President Biden in June and aimed to grant temporary legal status and a streamlined path to permanent residency for unauthorized immigrants married to U.S. citizens who had lived in the country for at least 10 years without committing serious crimes. Applicants paid $580 each in fees, amounting to about $55 million in total.
