As part of a burst of activity on Day One of his new administration, President Joe Biden has called for sweeping changes—through a presidential directive and proposed legislation—to overhaul federal immigration policy. These would include a new path to citizenship for undocumented workers and a strengthening of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.
There are estimated to be tens of thousands of undocumented employees in the construction industry.