DHS chief: Obama immigration order ‘in final stages’

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Saturday reiterated that President Obama’s expected action on immigration is in its final planning stages.

“We’re in the final stages of developing some executive actions,” Johnson said. “We have a broken immigration system. The more I delve into it, the more problems I see,” Reuters reported.

Speaking at the Reagan Presidential Library in California, Johnson told the crowd that the current immigration system has serious problems and to expect comprehensive changes by the end of the year as promised by the president.

{mosads}Johnson provided few details but said Obama’s overhaul would strengthen border security.

Republicans, who now control the Senate, have warned Obama that unilateral action on immigration would “poison the well” for bipartisan cooperation.