Obama: immigration change is not amnesty or permanent fix

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday his administration’s decision to stop deporting some illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children was a "just" move that was not a permanent fix to the country’s immigration problem.

"This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship. It is not a permanent fix," Obama told reporters at the White House.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Alister Bull; Editing by Jackie Frank)

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