Joe Biden’s Day 1 plan for immigration has for months been to reverse Donald Trump's trajectory on it.

"On Day 1, I'm sending to the United States Congress an immigration bill providing a pathway for 11 million undocumented," Biden said at a CNN town hall last February. "And I’m going to make sure every Dreamer is protected.”

Just after he’s sworn in Wednesday as president, Biden is set to unveil that legislation aiming to provide those living in the United States illegally with an eight-year path to citizenship. That includes a five-year path to temporary or permanent legal status, and a three-year path to naturalization.

So-called Dreamers — those who arrived illegally as children — and others with temporary protective status could get green cards even sooner.

"We feel that it's needed to restore the humanity and justice to our immigration system, which has been broken long before Trump and Steven Miller came into the White House," said Rovika Rajkishun, interim co-executive director of the New York Immigrant Coalition.

Immigrant rights advocates applauded the news, albeit cautiously. They seek other measures, including a stay on deportations and a robust asylum program.

They also worry about trade-offs in the legislative process. Biden’s bill not only lacks new guest worker and visa programs that advocates want, but also border security elements that could win it Republican support to smooth its passage in Congress.

"We don't want the story to repeat itself," said Yesenia Mata, executive director of the Staten Island-based La Colmena, which represents day laborers. "We're going to criminalize this group, but we're going to give a pathway to citizenship to this group? It just requires more conversation, and details matter."

Biden’s policies could affect more than half a million New Yorkers living in the city without legal status, as well as the estimated 1 million living in mixed-status households.

His immigration stance, and that of Congress, is being greeted with both hope and anxiety.

Rajkishun said she doesn't want to compromise when it comes to getting the legislation passed, but she knows it's necessary.

"I have DACA recipients in my family. I have undocumented members of my family," she said. "And just having to tell them on a personal level that we need to make compromise is really hard, but that’s the reality."