Undocumented, illegal. Whatever the term, an estimated 11.7 million people living in the United States are not legalized American citizens. 

And President Barack Obama seems ready to change the laws regarding enforcement, according to reports that he will announce new presidential orders regarding deportation within the next week.

President Obama will announce immigration reforms in the next week (wstera2/Flickr)

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The proposed reforms come in the wake of midterm elections that gave the majority control of the Senate to the Republican party.

Read more at The New York Times.

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