Obama hints at accepting immigration deal

United States President Barack Obama has hinted that he may accept a deal offering undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants legal status rather than full citizenship.



In an interview with CNN on Friday, Obama said the House will have to look at how it can strengthen the existing immigration system.



Obama says under his immigration reform plan, illegal Caribbean and other immigrants would still have to go through “a very long process of earning citizenship” by learning English, paying back taxes and going “to the back of the line”.



During his State of the Union address last week, he also urged the US Congress to enact immigration reform that will allow the more than 10 million immigrants without legal status, including Caribbean nationals, to apply for temporary legal status and, eventually, United States citizenship.



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