Washington Post – In 2012, the administration was able to stop the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented youths under a deferred-action program. Obama could, in theory, expand that program somewhat, allowing even more current immigrants to work legally in the United States without fear of getting deported.
Legal experts say it would be extremely difficult to expand this program to cover all (or even most) of the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants. True immigration reform ultimately depends on Congress. [Read More]
