Obama may move to protect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants

Obama may move to protect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants
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President Barack Obama will announce executive orders next week to overhaul the nation's immigration system, The New York Times reports.

The plan could shield up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, administration officials told the Times.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.