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United States for ‘fair’ immigration
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Pledging to fix America’s ‘broken’ immigration system, President Barack Obama offered five million undocumented migrants protection from deportation on Thursday, allowing families to emerge from the shadows and seek work permits.
Washington: Pledging to fix America’s ‘broken’ immigration system, President Barack Obama offered five million undocumented migrants protection from deportation on Thursday, allowing families to emerge from the shadows and seek work permits.
In a move that infuriated his Republican critics and drew unspecified pledges to counter it, Obama said nearly all undocumented people living in the country for more than five years and who have a child who is a US citizen or legal permanent resident can apply for a three-year work authorization.
The President also broadened the programme he launched in 2012 that provides temporary residency to young undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States before the age of 16.
There are actions I have the legal authority to take as president — the same kinds of actions taken by Democratic and Republican presidents before me — that will help make our immigration system more fair and more just,” Obama said in a 15-minute speech broadcast from the White House.
The order will affect about 44 per cent of the 11.3 million people — mostly from Mexico and Central America living in the United States illegally and doing menial jobs that most Americans snubb.
“Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law?” he asked.
People living illegally in the US and who meet the criteria can apply for deferred deportation from next spring, the White House said.
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