Nearly five million people who are currently living illegally in the US will be able to escape deportation under sweeping changes to the US system announced by President Obama.
Speaking in a primetime TV address from the White House, Mr. Obama also pledged to crack down on illegal immigration at the border, and require some undocumented migrants to pass a criminal background check.
Our Washington correspondent Lorna Shaddick reports.
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