[Jim Noble]

“Obama” can pardon illegals for any and all crimes they have committed (unclear if he can do this as a class, however - he might have to sign 12 million papers).

He cannot grant them citizenship and he cannot issue green cards without legislation.

[kabar]

He can legalize them the same way he did the 2012 DACA Dreamer amnesty that has legalized, to date, 580,000 lawbreakers. An estimated 1.8 million are eligible. He also gave orders not to take any action to deport the parents. Each DACA recipient is given a work permit, a SSN, and the ability to travel freely in and out of the country. An number of states have considered the DACA status as the justification to give them in-state tuition and driver's licenses.

The DACA recipients have their status renewed every two years. Does anyone think that the GOP will try to revoke that status? In fact, Cantor was preparing the GOP verison of a Dreamer amnesty. There are more than 50 Reps in the House who support amnesty. The only disagreement they have with Obama is process, not the objective.