奧巴馬將繞過國會宣佈移民改革政令

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to bypass Congress and announce executive action on immigration.

The White House says Mr. Obama will address the nation Thursday on what it says are the details of his plan to fix a broken system.

It is expected to include protection from deportation for as many as 5 million illegal immigrants, who will also be made eligible for work permits.

This would include parents and spouses of U.S. citizens.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the president's action will strengthen national security at U.S. borders, strengthen the economy, and let millions of people come out from hiding and comply with the law.

Some Republicans in Congress accuse the president of overstepping his authority.

The White House spokesman says nearly every president from both parties as far back as Dwight Eisenhower took executive action to tackle problems with immigration.

The Democratically-controlled Senate passed bipartisan immigration reform, but Earnest says the country has been waiting for more than a year for a bill to come up for a vote in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

Many Republicans say Mr. Obama and the Democrats want to grant amnesty to lawbreakers - calling this unfair to those who have been trying to legally immigrate to the United States.

They also want tougher security along the U.S.-Mexican border.美國總統奧巴馬計劃繞過國會，宣佈有關移民改革的行政手段。

白宮說，奧巴馬總統星期四將發表全國講話，詳細闡述移民改革計劃。

預計該計劃將包括保護多達500萬非法移民免於遣返，他們還將獲得工作許可證。

免於遣返的非法移民包括美國公民的父母和配偶。

白宮發言人歐內斯特說，奧巴馬此舉將加強美國邊境安全，增強經濟，並使數百萬人不再躲藏並遵守法律。

一些共和黨議員指責奧巴馬越權行事。

歐內斯特說，從艾森豪威爾總統開始，兩黨的幾乎每任總統都爲應對移民問題而採用行政手段。

民主黨控制的參議院表決通過了一項移民改革議案，但歐內斯特說，共和黨控制的衆議院在此後的一年多裏始終未就移民改革議案進行表決。

很多共和黨人說，奧巴馬和民主黨人要對違法者實行大赦，而這對那些努力通過合法途徑移居美國的人們是不公平的。

共和黨人還主張加強美墨邊界的安全措施。