Legislation he will propose on his first day as president will give undocumented immigrants the chance to become citizens and restore and expand programs for refugees and asylum seekers.

will propose far-reaching legislation on Wednesday to give the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States a chance to become citizens in as little as eight years, part of an ambitious and politically perilous attempt to undo the effects of President Trump’s four-year assault on immigration.

Biden will send to Congress on his first day in office, current recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as “Dreamers,” and others in temporary programs that were set up to shield some undocumented immigrants from deportation would be allowed to immediately apply for permanent legal residency, according to transition officials who were briefed on Mr.

Trump and Stephen Miller, the White House aide who was the architect of the president’s immigration agenda, to effectively prevent entry into the United States for those seeking shelter from poverty, violence and war.

Biden’s bill would provide new funding for foreign aid for Central American countries, increase opportunities for foreigners to work in the United States and enhance security at the border through new technologies instead of through the border wall Mr.

Biden’s proposal is the latest effort in a decades-long attempt to reimagine the nation’s immigration system by presidents from both parties, including George W.

As the Biden era opens, advocates for immigrants and anti-immigrant restrictionists alike are already bracing for the fight.

Biden said, standing in front of the Reflecting Pool, which was surrounded by 400 lights meant to mark the 400,000 victims of the coronavirus.

Biden’s immigration plan is a proposal to grant temporary legal status for five years to many of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants already living in the United States.

Biden’s immigration proposal, calling it “one of the most important things a Democratic Congress can do.”.

Biden’s immigration proposal will ignite a tremendous political clash in Congress that will backfire on the new president.

Biden during the 2020 election, said Tuesday that they had high expectations for the new administration’s plans to reverse Mr.

Praeli, a onetime undocumented immigrant from Peru who became a citizen in 2015, said that “11 million of us live and work every day.”.

Biden reject attempts to water down his immigration proposals as he pushes the legislation through Congress.

“We need a clear and unapologetic intervention in the direction the country is going,” said Greisa Martinez, an undocumented immigrant who is the executive director of United We Dream, a group that has pushed to protect the Dreamers from deportation.

Biden’s legislation would profoundly reshape the American immigration system, making it more generous to current immigrants and people from other parts of the world while rejecting the anti-immigrant rhetoric that Mr.

And it will kick off a contentious new debate about how the United States should treat outsiders, an issue that has been at the center of the breach between the two parties for decades.

Biden will need bipartisan cooperation, especially in the Senate, where most legislation requires 60 votes.

“I’m very optimistic President Biden has an opportunity to facilitate passage of an immigration bill that would provide the stability and predictability the business community has been yearning for,” said Tom Collamore, a former top official at the chamber

Besides a comprehensive immigration overhaul, the new administration may try to pursue other legislative efforts, including a stand-alone Dream Act to protect DACA recipients and legislation that gives essential health care workers a path to citizenship as part of Covid relief efforts