Obama Readies Plan to Stop Deportation for 5 Million Immigrants
Reports that Obama was getting such a plan ready for after his return from an Asia trip next week stirred a furious response from congressional Republicans.
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President Barack Obama is in the final stages of crafting a plan to reshape immigration policies to lift the threat of deportation for as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants, mostly parents of U.S. citizens or children brought to the country as minors.
Obama also may use his executive authority to expand an order he issued in 2012 that staved off deportation for qualified undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors, said people familiar with administration planning who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.