Several advocacy groups have praised President Barack Obama after he took to the stage this past week to speak to the American public about the deportation of millions.
Hillary Rodham Clinton stated public support for President Barack Obama's decision to use executive actions to protect roughly 5 million immigrants from deportation.
President Obama's immigration reform plan will ease the deportation for nearly 5 million immigrants who are in the U.S. without legal documents, and Mexico and Central American leaders have weighed in with praise for his reforms.
On Thursday, President Barack Obama imposed sweeping immigration reform during a nationally televised speech, where he announced that he will use his executive power to immunize nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
The U.S. government is going to fund the Mexican court and justice system reform by providing $68 million over five years, The Associated Press reported.
Immigrant rights groups have fought long and hard to press for immigration reform in protests in the nation's capital, and across the nation. On Thursday night, in a 15 minute speech, some families finally heard of plans that will provide some relief. The programs will take several months to implement but immigrant groups are calling the news a 'victory.'
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said Friday that President Obama was "damaging the presidency itself" by using his executive authority to prevent the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants, and the house would act to counter the president.
Shortly after President Barack Obama delivered a speech unveiling sweeping reforms to the U.S. immigration system on Thursday, a young woman was arrested for carrying a gun during a demonstration outside of the White House.
On Friday, President Obama outlined his executive action plans on immigration reform to a crowd at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. The actions, announced Thursday, will affect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., many of whom are the parents or spouses of legal residents.
Hundreds of Mexicans protested outside the Mexican Consulate in New York to show global solidarity over a corrupted government, a desire for the end to the "Drug Wars" and the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students.
President Barack Obama delivered his national address to outline his executive actions on immigration reform which will protect as many as five million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
NBC, Fox, ABC and CBS have chosen not to broadcast President Obama's immigration speech because they don't want to lose top ratings that could be won by popular network series, such as "Grey's Anatomy."
Actress turned Activist Eva Longoria said she doesn't know the full details of President Barack Obama's immigration reform plans, but that it is something that needs to happen.
In churches and community centers around the Tri-State area tonight in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, immigrant families and friends will hold 'watching parties' when President Barack Obama addresses the nation and announces his plans for executive action on immigration reform.
A coalition of New York immigration groups, district attorney officers, and the Consulate General of Mexico announced preparation plans and monitoring for fraud for when President Obama announces relief remedies for immigrants on Thursday night.
President Barack Obama will make a much anticipated statement regarding immigration on Thursday night. It is possible that he will announce an executive order that would allow more than four million of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants to work and live in the U.S. legally.
