Obama postpones Executive Action that would allow ILLEGALS a Path to Citizenship if they serve in the Military

The White House has asked the Department of Defense to delay a plan that would allow some immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children to obtain a limited path to citizenship by serving in the military.

The decision to postpone the proposal is part of the White House effort to put off any immigration-related executive actions until August in the hope that House Republicans act on legislation to overhaul the immigration system in the next two months.

White House officials have said they do not want to hurt those chances by taking executive branch actions that would anger congressional Republicans.

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The plan under consideration by the Pentagon would apply to immigrants who arrived illegally as children but already have received work permits and relief from deportation under a program President Obama announced two years ago, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. More than 500,000 immigrants have benefited from the program.

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