Reuters
By Peter Cooney
November 13, 2014
(Reuters)
- President Barack Obama plans to announce as early as next week a plan
to overhaul U.S. immigration policy through executive action, including
suspending deportation of millions
of undocumented immigrants, Fox News reported on Wednesday.
The
network, citing a source close to the White House, said a 10-part plan
could be announced as early as Nov. 21 and would expand a policy of
deferring action on deportation of illegal immigrants
who came to the country as children, as well as for parents of U.S.
citizens and permanent legal residents.
That
provision could let up to 4.5 million undocumented immigrants with
U.S.-born children remain in the country, Fox News said, citing
estimates.
Other parts of the plan would include bolstering border security and pay increases for immigration officers, the network said.
White
House spokesman Shawn Turner, asked for comment on the report, said:
"The president has still not made a decision regarding exactly when
he'll make an announcement about executive action
to fix our broken immigration system, but he remains committed to
taking action before the end of the year."
Obama
told congressional leaders last Friday he was committed to using
executive powers to ease some restrictions on undocumented immigrants
since Republicans in the House of Representatives
had refused to advance immigration legislation.
Any
unilateral action promises to draw the ire of Republicans in Congress.
John Barrasso, the No. 4 Republican in the Senate, said in an interview
on Friday that members of Congress had told
Obama that would be a "toxic decision."
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