House Republicans Prepare To Endorse Legal Status For Undocumented

House Republicans Prepare To Endorse Legal Status For Undocumented
UNITED STATES - Jan 14: Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH., during a news conference after the House Republican Caucus in the U.S. Capitol on January 14, 2014. (Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - Jan 14: Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH., during a news conference after the House Republican Caucus in the U.S. Capitol on January 14, 2014. (Photo By Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)

WASHINGTON—House Republican leaders are preparing for the first time to endorse legal status for many of the 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally, a step that could jump-start the moribund immigration debate.

As early as next week, House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) and other GOP leaders will release a one-page set of principles outlining how they hope to overhaul the immigration system, people familiar with their plans say. It will stop short of offering the sort of path to citizenship endorsed by the Senate,...

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