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“We are a nation of immigrants,” President Obama declared last week, as he announced the executive actions he’s taking to defer the deportation of approximately 5 million undocumented immigrants. While the president’s actions do impact the whole nation, there’s a reason he chose to deliver those remarks at Del Sol […]

Two key elements of the President’s executive action are the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the announcement of a new Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program that extends deferred action and employment authorization benefits to qualifying parents of qualifying U.S. citizens and lawful […]

WASHINGTON — President Obama, in an interview broadcast on Sunday, said he rejects Republican criticism that he has exceeded his authority in moving to spare millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, adding that he has been “very restrained” in his use of executive authority. Angry Republican lawmakers have accused Mr. […]

If immigrant rights advocates sound less than enthusiastic these days, they have their reasons. Israel Guerrero and his friends are disappointed by President Obama’s just-announced plan to provide relief for families who are in the US illegally. Guerrero says, “I was happy but at the same time I was frustrated. […]