Tuesday, July 15, 2014

White House looks at executive actions on immigration reform

...The press secretary said the administration was also examining what it could do “about the population of undocumented immigrants that are already in this country.” “These are individuals who, in many cases, are largely indistinguishable from so many other Americans,” he said. “And the question is, how do you confront that challenge in a way that reflects our tradition as a country of immigrants, but also a country that enforces the law.” It’s thought the administration is examining expanding the deferred action program announced in 2012, which allows certain children who entered the country illegally to remain. It's possible the president could expand the program to include qualifying family members of children who qualified for deferred action. Earnest said that the options were “all very difficult policy problems.” He also said it was “hard to tell” if the current crisis on the border would affect the reception of the president's administrative actions...more

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