Name: Obama's immigration speech
Uploaded: 2014-11-21
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Description: Obama-sots

If you've been in America for more than five years. If you have children who are American citizens or legal residence. If you register, pass a criminal background check and you're willing to pay your fair share of taxes, you'll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without fear of deportation. You can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. I'll make it easier and faster for high- skilled immigrants, graduates, and entrepreneurs to stay and contribute to our economy that so many business leaders have proposed. This deal does not apply to anyone who has come to this country recently. It does not apply to anyone who might come to America illegally in the future. It does not grant citizenship, or the right to stay here permanently, or offer the same benefits that citizens receive. Only Congress can do that. All we're saying is we're not going to deport you. To those members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better. Or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed. I have one answer. Pass a bill. I wanna work with both parties to pass a more permanent legislative solution.