President Calderon Praises Obama Immigration Decision Associated Press
go to original June 18, 2012

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during a B20 meeting prior to the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Sunday, June 17, 2012. (AP/Esteban Felix)

LOS CABOS, Mexico — Mexico's president is praising President Barack Obama for having the "courage" to limit the deportation of some young illegal immigrants living in the U.S.

President Felipe Calderon thanked Obama on behalf of the Mexican people for what he called a "valuable decision." Obama announced Friday that illegal immigrants will be able to avoid deportation if they can prove they were brought to the U.S. before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, and graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED or served in the military.

Calderon called Obama's decision a "humanitarian action."

Obama and Calderon were meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 economic summit.

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