Obama et immigration illégale: un plan qui permettrait à des millions d'immigrants de continuer à travailler aux États-Unis

C'était à prévoir, le président a décidé de défier les républicains du congrès. Le président utilisera les pouvoirs de l'exécutif pour utiliser une loi en vigueur. Avec le résultat des élections de mi-mandat, d'autres affrontements entre le président et le congrès sont à prévoir.

"Asserting his authority as president to enforce the nation’s laws with discretion, Mr. Obama intends to order changes that will significantly refocus the activities of the government’s 12,000 immigration agents. One key piece of the order, officials said, will allow many parents of children who are American citizens or legal residents to obtain legal work documents and no longer worry about being discovered, separated from their families and sent away.

That part of Mr. Obama’s plan alone could affect as many as 3.3 million people who have been living in the United States illegally for at least five years, according to an analysis by the Migration Policy Institute, an immigration research organization in Washington. But the White House is also considering a stricter policy that would limit the benefits to people who have lived in the country for at least 10 years, or about 2.5 million people.

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