California Institute for Federal Policy Research
SPECIAL REPORT:
Immigrant Accountability Executive Action Impacts Millions of Californians
December 2014
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced Immigrant Accountability Executive Action to address the nation’s broken immigration system. According to the White House, these executive actions will i) secure the border by deploying more resources to strengthen enforcement, ii) reprioritize deportation enforcement by focusing on the deportation of recent arrivals and felons, iii) temporarily grant deportation relief, or deferred action, to the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who have been in the United States for five or more years, pass a background check, and who pay taxes as well as expand the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program originally initiated in 2012, and iv) expand work authorization for high –skilled workers and promote naturalization. Those who qualify for protection from deportation will be eligible for a three-year work permit.(1)
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