The Obama administration intends to begin accepting applications for legal status and work permits this spring
What You Need to Know About Obama’s Executive Move on Immigration
President Obama tonight announced he will begin to fix the nation’s “broken” immigration system by allowing millions here illegally to stay and to get work permits.
Obama did not specify a number, but the White House put it at about 5 million of the estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants.
Obama said he decided to go around Congress and allow certain unlawful residents with established roots to “come out of the shadows” because mass deportation of illegal immigrants “would be both impossible and contrary to our character.”
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