Obama delays immigration reform plan

In June, he promised to use executive orders that were expected to change visa rules, boost border security and give a path to citizenship for some 11 million US-based illegal immigrants, BBC News reports.

But the White House says the plans have been shelved until after mid-term elections in November.

Each year tens of thousands try to get into the US from Mexico.

Many are unaccompanied children, and Mr Obama has called the situation a "humanitarian crisis".