President Joe Biden is unveiling a sweeping immigration bill on his first day in office. His legislation would provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the US without legal status. The contents of his plan are essentially a complete reversal from the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies. Marco Werman speaks with Juan Escalante of Forward.US, an immigration advocacy group based in Washington, DC.
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