The Obama Administration will stop deporting and issue work permits to as many as 800,000 young illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have never committed a crime, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Friday.
Napolitano said the change is needed to ensure enforcement resources are not expended on "low-priority cases" and are instead focused on people who "meet enforcement priorities." But the move angered Republicans, who viewed it as an overreach by the administration on a matter that should be addressed legislatively.