Obama bid to protect immigrants
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THE Obama administration is considering a plan that would shield around 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation as part of a broad set of executive actions that President Barack Obama could announce as early as next week.
Obama has pledged to move on the measures by year’s end, and White House officials are debating whether to act soon after he returns this weekend from his current trip to Asia and Australia or wait until after Congress approves a major spending bill in December.
A senior Obama administration official said Obama’s immigration announcement could come next week, but the official said the president hadn’t made a decision yet either about timing or content of the decision.
Several officials said Obama still hasn’t received formal recommendations from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
The 5 million estimate includes extending deportation protections to parents and spouses of US citizens and permanent residents who have been in the country for some years. The president is also likely to expand his two-year-old program that protects young immigrants from deportation.
The step would fall shy of what many immigrant advocates have been demanding, but is sure to enrage Republicans who are already trying to devise ways to thwart his actions.
“We’re going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path,” House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday.
Obama said yesterday Congress could simply undo his executive actions by passing comprehensive immigration legislation.
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