Parole In Place And D-3 Waiver Fact Sheet

President Biden has announced two major changes to immigration policy to help people take advantage of immigration pathways:

Undocumented immigrants with U.S. Citizen spouses maybe eligible for Parole in Place
DACA recipients and DREAMers may be eligible for a D3 waiver

WHAT IS PAROLE IN PLACE?

When an immigrant marries a U.S. Citizen, they become eligible for a green card.
If the immigrant has entered the US without inspection, in order to get that green card, that immigrant must go back to their home country and apply through a U.S. consulate there.
Since 1996, someone who has been in the country without authorization for over 6-12 months automatically triggers a ban on re-entering the U.S. for 3-10 years.
Many immigrants cannot afford to leave their families to process the green card, so they have not adjusted their status.
Parole in place provides a lawful entry, and so allows many of them to adjust their status from inside the U.S. without having to return to their home country.

WHAT IS A D3 WAIVER?

A D3 waiver is a “forgiveness” from DHS for many kinds of immigration violations.
Examples of those violations include being unlawfully present in the U.S.
DACA recipients and DREAMers without DACA may have at least one of these violations since they were brought to the U.S. as children
These violations prevent DREAMers from changing their status through employer sponsorship.
A D3 waiver “forgives” unlawful presence so that a Dreamer can be sponsored by their employer for a temporary working visa (which can be an important step to a green card.
With the D3 waiver and temporary visa, the Dreamer is not dependent on DACA continuing.

WHO EXACTLY IS ELIGIBLE?

Unfortunately, we don’t know who exactly will benefit at this time. Biden announced the program on June 17, but the actual changes have not been written yet.
From the announcement we know DACA recipients and some other DREAMers without DACA may be eligible for d3 waivers.
We also know that undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens may be eligible for parole in place if they have been married since June 17, 2024 and have been living in the United States for 10 years.
Beyond that, we will need to wait for the final language from the agencies.

Demographics of Undocumented of Spouses of US Citizens Potentially Eligible for Relief

U.S.	Eligible Undocumented Spouses Married to U.S. Citizens	Average Age	Average Years in the U.S.	Additional $ Added to Economy if U.S. Citizens	Additional $ in Combined Taxes if U.S. Citizens	% in Labor Force	% Working in Shorthanded Industries	Total U.S. Citizens Living in a Family with an Eligible Undocumented Spouse Married to a U.S. Citizen
TOTAL	500,000	40	23	$6.6 billion	$2.6 billion	81%	67%	1.4 million
HTW “Base” STATES
California	120,000	41	24	$1.6 billion	$679 million	81%	64%	354,000
Colorado	12,000	39	22	$141 million	$52 million	86%	82%	32,000
Florida	27,000	43	22	$317 million	$110 million	88%	76%	72,000
Illinois	21,000	41	24	$273 million	$111 million	84%	63%	62,000
New York	20,000	43	23	$439 million	$252 million	83%	69%	56,000
Texas	111,000	39	22	$1.5 billion	$512 million	76%	67%	317,000
Utah	6,000	37	23	$94 million	$35 million	83%	76%	17,000
HTW “SWING” STATES
Arizona	15,000	36	23	$358 million	$122 million	80%	67%	43,000
Georgia	12,000	39	23	$145 million	$52 million	71%	45%	38,000
Nevada	10,000	41	25	$165 million	$45 million	83%	82%	34,000
North Carolina	10,000	40	23	$100 million	$30 million	77%	62%	27,000
Pennsylvania	7,000	41	21	$84 million	$37 million	81%	56%	20,000
Wisconsin	3,000	37	22	n/a	n/a	92%	51%	7,000
TOTAL/AVG	374,000	39.31 years	22.46 years	$5.516 billion	$2.065 billion	82.23%	66.85%	1,019,000