Eligible immigrants will have the opportunity to request temporary relief from deportation and work authorization,' the document says, 'if they come forward and pass criminal and national security background checks, pay their taxes, pay a fee,' and show that they are part of an eligible group
The policy mainly targets parent of children who were born in the U.S. and are therefore citizens.
Millions of such children, derided as 'anchor babies' by commentators on the far right, are already guaranteed a place in America, but their parents are not.
That term, widely considered in the same class as racist epithets, was nonetheless being tossed around Capitol Hill on Thursday.
MailOnline spoke to two Republican aides who readily complained about parents of 'anchor babies' who will benefit from Obama's plan.
'They were anchor babies yesterday and they'll be anchor babies tomorrow, said a staffer to a GOP congressman from a southern state.
Read more »
The policy mainly targets parent of children who were born in the U.S. and are therefore citizens.
Millions of such children, derided as 'anchor babies' by commentators on the far right, are already guaranteed a place in America, but their parents are not.
That term, widely considered in the same class as racist epithets, was nonetheless being tossed around Capitol Hill on Thursday.
MailOnline spoke to two Republican aides who readily complained about parents of 'anchor babies' who will benefit from Obama's plan.
'They were anchor babies yesterday and they'll be anchor babies tomorrow, said a staffer to a GOP congressman from a southern state.
Read more »
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