President Obama Will Visit the Copernicus Center in Chicago Tuesday November 25 To Discuss His Immigration Executive Action

President Barack Obama spoke to the nation about his executive action to fix broken Immigration System
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November 20, 2014
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November 23, Chicago, IL

After delivering a prime-time televised speech on November 20, President Barack Obama will visit Chicago's Copernicus Center to discuss the executive actions he proposed to fix America’s immigration system. He will visit Chicago's Polish Community Center on Tuesday, November 25 to talk further about the new immigration executive actions.

The president will speak at 4:35 p.m. at the Copernicus Center located at 5216 W. Lawrence Ave. in Jefferson Park. A limited number of tickets were available to the event but have already been taken.

Chicago has the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw, with an estimated 16,000 undocumented Polish immigrants.

Below are infographics the White House created to outline the President's plans to make major changes in the immigration system. #immigrationaction

The infographics show the key points of the immigration plan. They include increasing border security, family unity, and providing opportunity to high skilled workers.

The president's plan includes a family component that allows parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have been in the country more than 5 years to pass background checks, pay taxes, and the ability to temporarily stay in the United States legally.

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The President will take these executive actions and wait for the new Congress to complete a permanent fix to the immigration system.

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Immigration is controversial issue in the United States. It is estimated that more than 11 million undocumented people live in the United States. The last major change in U.S. immigration occurred in 1986 under former President Ronald Reagan. President Obama's executive immigration action marks the first major temporary change in the U.S. immigration system.