United States President, Barack
Obama, has unveiled a new immigration plan that will protect over four
million undocumented immigrants from deportation. However, the plan is causing
causing controversy, because he plans to implement it without consent from the
Congress, and despite opposition from many including Republicans.
Here’s what the new immigration plan
entails, as reported by CNN:
- Offering papers and work authorization to up to four
million people who are undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal
permanent residents, as long as they have lived in the U.S. for five years
or longer
- The changes will offer those who qualify the chance to
stay temporarily in the country for three years, as long as they pass
background checks and pay back taxes
- Those who qualify will not be offered a path to
eventual citizenship or be eligible for federal benefits or health care
programs
- Obama will remove the upper age limit of 30 years old
from a program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or
Dreamers that allows those brought illegally to the country as children to
stay, offering relief to thousands more people
- The DACA program will cover anyone who arrived in the
country before 2010 and will extend a previous two-year guarantee of
relief to three years
However, Obama has warned that the
new immigration plan will not protect criminals.
“If you meet the criteria, you can
come out of the shadows and get right with the law. If you’re a criminal,
you’ll be deported. If you plan to enter the U.S. illegally, your chances of
getting caught and sent back just went up,” he said.
The president emphasized that the
plan also entails bolstering border security and making it harder for
unauthorized outsiders to enter the United States.
To find out more about the new
immigration plan, visit: www.cnn.com
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