Immigrants Find Themselves Torn Between Hope, Defeat on Obama's Plans Pamela Constable - The Washington Post
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After watching the president’s speech on Thursday night, Supporters of immigration reform said there's more work to do. An immigration attorney said many may be left out. (Associated Press)

In the hours before Obama’s announcement (watch full speach below), millions of undocumented immigrants across the Washington region and the nation awaited the news with equal measures of excitement, anxiety and confusion.

They gathered outside the White House and in Latino community centers from Los Angeles to Miami to Hyattsville, Maryland, speculating endlessly over the still-unreleased details of his plan.

Many remained torn between hope and defeat, wondering whether they would qualify for an executive action that could literally transform their lives.

What minimum age would the president set for U.S.-born children who could confer legality on their parents? How many years would he require parents to have lived in the United States? What new age limit would he set for the Dreamers — those who arrived illegally as children? What kinds of documents would they need to prove their case?

For some immigrants, the answers to those details was irrelevant, because there is no chance he can qualify for relief.

Read the whole story at The Tico Times

Obama Immigration Reform 2014 Speech: Announcing Executive Action (The New York Times)

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