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Report: President Obama Will Release New Immigration Overhaul Plan

Report: President Obama Will Release New Immigration Overhaul Plan

Significant changes to American immigration policy could be made before the end of the year. According to a new report from Fox News based on an unnamed White House source, President Obama will unveil his “10-part plan for overhauling U.S. immigration policy via executive action,” possibly by next week. Along with measures like increasing pay for immigration officers and ramping up border security, the plan would also prevent the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants in the country illegally, through “deferred action.”

The President’s plan would broaden the eligibility requirements of a current policy that grants deferred action to immigrants who came into the country illegally as children (expanding it to reach about 300,000 new individuals), and, most significantly, would also give the same protection to immigrant parents who have children born in the U.S. That number is more than 4.5 million people.

Other aspects of the plan would promote the legal naturalization process and work visa programs. Despite the White House source’s claim that the President would proceed with the plan through his executive authority if necessary, he could face some opposition in Congress, where lawmakers control the money needed to move forward with it …

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