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US President Barack Obama will soon announce his Executive Action that seeks to overhaul US immigration policy. The action, being dubbed by his critics as Executive Amnesty, will offer big relief to millions of illegal immigrants who are facing deportation.

The White House, it is learnt, will announce a 10-part plan by Nov 21. The order will expand the scope of the policy on deferring action on deportation of illegal immigrants who came to the country as children, as well as for parents of U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents, reported Reuters. It is estimated that the president's order would benefit 4.5 million undocumented immigrants, who include Hispanics and other minorities, to remain in the country, the report said.

Border Security

Beyond the amnesty part, another component of Obama's order will be bolstering border security to check illegal immigration through the borders. To motivate the border staff, the pay of immigration officers will be hiked. However, Shawn Turner, spokesperson of White House, said: "The President has not made a decision on when to announce the executive action to fix the broken immigration system. But he is committed to taking action before the end of the year."

The president's unilateral action to bypass Republican's blocking tactics of the legislation at the House of Representatives is expected to provoke strong reaction from Republicans in the Congress. This was indicative in the comment by John Barrasso, Republican senator, who said that members of Congress had already told Obama that his resorting to an Executive Action would be a "toxic decision."

Republican Dilemma

However, it also appears that all Congressional Republicans are not on the same boat with regard to a common strategy in confronting Obama's executive action to "overhaul the nation's immigration system." The top leadership of Republicans is in favour of going along with House Speaker John A. Boehner, who advocates a calibrated approach and to use party's control on Congress to force necessary changes to the law in the time to come.

The second option is to block the president's order by shutting down the government itself until Obama relents. This is the hardline stand being forced by some of the conservatives. But top Republicans leaders are wary on such extreme steps. They want to be seen balanced in their desire and also project GOP as responsible and can govern without upsetting the conservatives who propelled them to power in the mid-term polls, reported Washington Post.

Charlie Dent, a moderate Republican, said "at some point we have to fund the government, and we should not fight to attach some demand. I don't want to stand by and watch as our party gets driven into a ditch." Meanwhile, Mr Obama has asked the senior aides and Cabinet secretaries to present him with options for taking a final decision.