White House Panel to Obama: Rein in the NS
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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is ordering the most sweeping overhaul of the immigration system in decades, despite Republican claims he is acting illegally by moving unilaterally to shield five million undocumented immigrants.
Obama rejected accusations by conservatives that he is offering a free pass to undocumented immigrants and warned in a prime-time address that he would bolster border security and make it harder for unauthorized outsiders to get into the country.
"Today our immigration system is broken and everybody knows it," Obama said. "It's been this way for decades and for decades we haven't done much about it."
Obama is pressing ahead and making broad changes to the immigration system without the consent of Congress, which has failed to pass a comprehensive reform bill. The announcement prompted an angry response from House Speaker John Boehner.
To those members of Congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better... I have one answer: Pass a bill. Barack Obama
"By ignoring the will of the American people, President Obama has cemented his legacy of lawlessness and squandered what little credibility he had left," Boehner said. "Republicans are left with the serious responsibility of upholding our oath of office."
A key element of Obama's plan is to instruct immigration authorities to target those undocumented immigrants who are dangerous rather than law-abiding undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and residents and others.
He said they will go after "felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a Mom who's working hard to provide for her kids."
"We'll prioritize, just like law enforcement does every day," he said.
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Obama: 'Come out of the shadows'
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
updated 1:11 PM EST, Fri November 21, 2014
Washington (CNN) -- The DREAMer President Barack Obama highlighted in his national address on immigration Thursday night said she felt "complete relief" when Obama laid out his plan to shield up to 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and said she was surprised to hear him tell her story.
"It was completely unexpected. I didn't know that it was coming," Astrid Silva, an undocumented immigrant who came to the U.S. with her parents when she was four, said in an interview with CNN Friday.
Obama said Thursday that he will use his executive authority to focus immigration officials on "felons, not families. Criminals, not children."
Silva did not at first hear her name as she watched alongside a boisterous group of fellow immigration reform activists.
"And when he started talking about the cross and my dress and I said, 'That's how I came here!'" Astrid recalled. "It was definitely a moment that I'll never forget."
During his speech on Thursday, Obama said: "Astrid was brought to America when she was 4 years old. Her only possessions were a cross, her doll and the frilly dress she had on."
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Silva was motivated to begin advocating for herself and other undocumented immigrants when her grandmother died and she couldn't travel to Mexico for her funeral.
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