Looks Like Obama Is Going Big on Immigration. Now What?
President Obama hopes to shield as many as 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation and give many of them work permits
President Obama is expected to act alone to overhaul the nation’s immigration system as soon as next week, protecting up to 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation and providing many of them with work permits.
Obama has flaunted the prospect of executive action for months, and multiple media outlets now report details of the president’s plan, first revealed Wednesday evening by Fox News.
Immigrant rights groups long have pushed the White House to provide relief — what opponents call amnesty — to many of an estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants.
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