Here’s exactly what Obama is going to do about immigration — and how to qualify Source: ift.tt/g5lp9S – Thursday, November 20, 2014 The wait has been a long one. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) President Obama is planning to unveil at 8 p.m. Thursday a major executive action on immigration policy, offering temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, along with an indefinite reprieve from deportation. Obama administration officials previewed the details earlier today. (Wonkblogs full guide here.) Who does the order help? There are two groups of people who will be able to request a deportation deferral under the executive action. Undocumented immigrants who have been in the country for at least five years will be able to stay if they have a child who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. This group of parents numbers 3.7 million, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute . If you’re in this group, you’ll have to show pass a background check, pay a fee, and prove that your child was born before today, Thursday. The federal government will also want to make sure you aren’t a serious criminal or a terrorist and that you haven’t crossed the border recently. The other group is those who were brought to the United States by their parents as children and are now here illegally. Obama already exempted about 1.2 million of these “dreamers,” as they are known, in an initial action two years ago. This action expands that group to include children who were brought into the country in 2009 or earlier, no matter how old they are. Before, you co All Related Read More…… The post Here’s exactly what Obama is going to do about immigration — and how to qualify appeared first on GLOBAL NEWS. ift.tt/1xYl7Ty
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