President Obama will unveil as early as next week a 10-point immigration plan to be carried out through executive action, Fox News reported.
The plan "contains 10 initiatives that span everything from boosting border security to improving pay for immigration officers."
But the most controversial pertain to the millions who could get a deportation reprieve under what is known as "deferred action."
The plan calls for expanding deferred action for illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children -- but also for the parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.
The latter could allow upwards of 4.5 million illegal immigrant adults with U.S.-born children to stay, according to estimates.
Deferred action for young people would also be expanded under the plan. An additional 300,000 illegal immigrants would be eligible.
DHS also is planning to "promote" the new naturalization process by giving a 50 percent discount on the first 10,000 applicants who come forward, with the exception of those who have income levels above 200 percent of the poverty level.
