Biden immigration executive order impacts Illinois congresswoman: ‘today was so important’ [Video]

CHICAGO – Chicago Congresswoman Delia Ramirez and her husband Boris Hernandez were present at the White House for Tuesday’s announcement of President Joe Biden’s new executive order on immigration.

Ramirez is the only member of Congress in a “mixed-status” family, making the executive order both political and personal for her.

President Biden signed the executive order amid a tight political race with Donald Trump and a need to shore up support from progressives. The order provides protective status to undocumented spouses of American citizens who have been in the country for ten years or more.

“These couples have been raising families, paying taxes, going to church, contributing to our country for ten years or more,” Biden said during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.

Ramirez praised the move, saying it provides relief for families like hers, whose spouses live in the shadows for fear of deportation.

“There’s this …