Republicans swiftly rejected President Joe Biden‘s latest executive action on immigration as an “amnesty” that will drive new waves of illegal border crossings.

On Tuesday, the White House announced legal protections and an easier path to citizenship for illegal immigrants married to U.S. citizens, a policy that could shield as many as 500,000 migrants from deportation. Spouses will no longer have to return to their home country as part of the green card process, leading to GOP complaints that the Biden administration is “inviting” migrants to come to the country unlawfully.