as passionate and vocal about the equality in sports. i spoke to her about title ix's 40th anniversary. >> our job is to keep the women in the game and have the same opportunities. there is 1.3 million less opportunities at the high school level still for girls. we have to make sure that they are in it, and it is very important because we have the obesity and we want to keep the girls in the game, because it is so important for the overall health. >> all right. fantastic, billie jean king and you can watch the rest of my interview with billie jean king tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 eastern as we talk about women's rights and health and tennis and the current players on the circuit that she is constantly texting. you don't want to miss it. all right. the "cnn newsroom" continues right now with wolf blis erblis right now with wolf blis erblis blitzer in washington. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the obama administration has just announced a major change in the u.s. immigration policy that has political implicatiomplicat.

the united states will stop deporting young illegal immigrants who meet certain requirements. we will hear from president obama shortly as he is getting ready to go into the white hous nation. he is going to speak in a few minutes from now and we will have live coverage of the president. all correspondents are covering the aspects of the story. jessica yellin and juan antonio carlos, and also we will hear from the romney campaign and the outspoken sheriff joe arpaio, and the students, and the people who are directly affected by this dramatic change, and this executive order announced by the president of the united states, and janet napolitano, the secretary of homeland security. i spoke with her a little while ago and i -- and we had this exchange about the policy and its ramifications. >> reporter: is this a pathway

to citizenship for these young peop people? >> not at all. in fact, that is where congress needs to act. we continue to urge the congress, you know, pass the dream act, look at come pprehene immigration reform, the immigration system as a whole. i mean, i have been dealing with the immigration enforcement for 20 years and the plain fact of the matter is that the law that we are working under doesn't match the economic needs of the country today. and the law enforcement needs of the country today. but as someone who is charged with enforcing the immigration system, we are setting good strong sensible priorities, and again, these young people really are not the individuals that the immigration removal process was designed to focus upon. >> full interview with secretary napolitano will air at 4:00 p.m. eastern today in "the situation room," and we will go in depth on many of the specific ramifications of the dramatic announcement. let's take a look colorer at the

ramifications of the policy. it applies to people who came to the united states illegally as children before the age of 16. they must have lived in the country for at least five years and be in school, or graduated from school or be a u.s. veteran, and those who have a record, major record, and cannot pose as a threat to the united states, and cannot be older than 30 years old as of this date. jessica yellin, you have been looking into this, and how did this decision come about today? >> wolf, according to the officials, this has been under consideration for some time, and this is not a last-minute decision by any means, as you can imagine. it is also should not come as a total surprise given the fact that this administration, i should say, as a candidate this president promised to take some action for latinos to change the nation's immigration policy to

be explicit in the campaign in 2008, and then candidate-obama said in his first year in office, he would have an immigration bill out for consideration. that didn't happen. so, now that he is up for r re-election, it is hard not to consider this to some extent through a political prism. he needs the latino vote to come out in big numbers, and right now, we see that the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll has the president leading romney among the hispanic votes 61% to 27%, but at the same time there is disapproval, hispanic, that the hispanic pew center poll showed that 59% of the latinos disapprove odd of the way that the president has handled the e deportation, and record number of deportations by this administration, so there is desire by no doubt parts of the obama cam ppaign to make it cle that he stands with the latinos and that he is trying to do something on their behalf to

change the nation's immigration policy, and clearly, he has taken a step in that direction today. >> yes, certainly. latinos and lot of of other folks would have loved comprehensive immigration reform, something that senator mccain, and late senator kennedy and president obama tried unsuccessfully to achieve but in the first 3 1/2 years of the administration, the president has not been able to do so either. he did have some influential evangelicals though advocating for precisely this push. >> thanks for pointing that out. that is true. this kweek, he had an interesting group of evangelical leaders. a leader of the progressive evangelical movement, reverend jim wallace, and one of the more conservative evangelicals, richard land, at the white house, and didn't meet with the president, but they were among a group of evangelical leaders who have come together to push the united front for immigration reform in this country. now, this not only is a sign

that there is a growing movement for immigration reform that brings together both the religious left and the religious right which may also signal some political unity, but it also, you could say gives the white house a little bit of cover if you will to make this move and helps indicate that there's broad support among certain groups for this kind of change. again, it is well short of the kind of comprehensive immigration reform legislation that you just mentioned, but it is a step toward some kind of immigration shift. again, conservative evangelicals as well standing behind it, it seems, wolf. >> critical reaction so far, and negative reak shction coming fr several influential republicans and more on that in a moment. jessica, don't go too far away, and remember, we are standing by, because the president momentarily will be going into the rose garden to make a major statement on the immigration policy announcement. let's get more perspective right now and bring in juan carlos

lopez who is a correspondent here in washington. and what is the reaction, juan carlos from the latino americans? >> well, jubilation, wolf. it isserser considered an import move, and cautiously optimistic, because it could represent a big change in their lives, but it is a two-year period, and this is similar to one of the laws that has similar protections. remember when the el salvadoran refugees came to the united states, and they have renewed every two years, and so there is no path to citizenship here, and there is no legalization, and it is a effort to mobilize and do what they want to do which is to work and go to school. this is not immigration reform like many expect, but it is an

advance and very interesting move on the side of the white house in this election year. >> it is not come prehennive immigration reform, juan carlos, and not only the dream act was rejected by the congress because it does not provide a direct pathway to citizenship, but it is a step as far as so many latinos are concerned in the right direction. is that fair to say? >> and it is interesting, because we see new forces evolving wolf. a group of young people, because this isn't something that was brought forward by different groups, by politicians, by the democrats or the republicans, but a victory of the dreamers. this week "time" magazine has them on the cover and nthey hav been walking and notifying congress and organizing and they are not limited to the democrats or the republicans in their request for support, but in the criticism. so they are surging in the force of the youth and the vote and

they say they want to work and stay in the country and they understand the power of political pres shoe, and that if you add to what jessica added to the evangelicals adding to the support of the measure, that is what you have seen last year that there was a push for immigration reform, but it never came through previously. >> juan kcarlos, do not go far away. and we are getting reaction of republicans who are extremely critical of the president's decision, and some of them questioning the constitutionality of the president doing this with an executive order as opposed to going through congress to get approval. we are awaiting the president in the rose garden, and we will have live coverage of that. much more coming up right after this. i needed a coach. our doctor was great, but with so many tough decisions i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn

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the president of the united states momentarily expected to walk in and make an announcement, make a statement on the dramatic word today that the u.s. was changing immigration policy for young people who are here illegally. standby, and we will have live coverage of the president once he is in the rose garden. but we are also getting some reaction from republicans. i wonder if we are getting reaction yet from the romney campaign. jim acosta is traveling with the romney campaign on the bus trip to new hampshire. any reaction so far, jim, from the romney campaign? >> wolf, right now we are waiting for mitt romney to make a statement on this change of policy over at the white house. we arrived at a stop earlier this morning in stratham, new hampshire, and it is where mitt romney kicked off this five-day bus tour that is going through six battleground states over the week end into next week, and he did not answer the questions that we were throwing at him about this change of policy over at the white house.

however, some romney aides who were on the scene were indicating but not promising, but they were indicating that the former massachusetts governor will have something the say about this at an upcoming campaign stop in milford, new hampshire, where he is expected to make a stop at the ice cream parlor and ice cream social with supporters there. he is expected to be there with the former minnesota governor tim pawlenty who is not the only surrogate on the campaign trail with mitt romney. i also had the chance to catch up with kelly ayotte who is a senator here in new hampshire, and she did not have a reaction to the changed poll i is over at the white house, although, she did say that she appreciates the efforts going on inside of the office of marco rubio, and we have all been reporting on this, a proposal to the alternative of the dream act to propose a path for citizenship for the young adults and children in the

situation of being undocumented or illegal through no fault of their own, and she said she appreciated the efforts, but she did not say how she felt one way or another how she felt about the legislation. mitt romney has changed on the policy of the dream act over time. in december, he said in a campaign event in iowa he would veto the dream act if he were president of the united states, but back in april at a fund-raiser in florida, he said to a crowd there that he felt it was important for the republican party to have their own version of the dream act, and then a week later with marco rubio out on the campaign trail, he said he would like to study the proposal that marco rubio is now drafting, so it is going to be interesting to note exactly what mitt romney says this afternoon if he says anything about what is happening today over at the white house, wolf. >> yes, he has to say something, and if not him, at least somebody from the campaign will have to issue some sort of reaction. all right. stand by, jim. we will get back to you. senator marco rubio, the republican, florida, he didn't waste any time releasing a statement and among other things

say saying this, today's announcement will be welcomed news for many of the kids desperate for an answer, but it is a shortf-term answer to a long-term problem. by once again ignoring the constitution, and going around congress, this short-term policy will make it harder to find a balanced and responsible long-term one. that statement coming in from marco rubio who some people believe a potential vice presidential running mate. all right. we are waiting for the president, and as soon as he walks into the rose garden we will have live coverage and also going live to los angeles where an immigration rally is happening right now. standby. lots more coverage happening right here in the "cnn newsroom." imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior

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we are waiting for the president of the united states. he's going to be going into the rose garden we are told fairly soon and supposed to be a few i minutes ago, but obviously running a little bit late. once the president goes into the rose garden the speak on his new immigration guidelines and new

rules announced today, we of course will have live coverage. we are waiting for the president to come into the rose garden and we will have lye coverage. the president will outline the new rules that deal with the younger and undocumented workers and stop them from being deported. we go the los angeles right now where cnn's paul ver cameron is standing by. what is the reaction on the streets of l.a. and the latinos with the new decision? >> well, absolute joy, wolf. earlier today, they began a rally and 150 young people and many of them students were jubilant, a nd they began a marh of sorts. if you can look at the march behind me, they left the immigration office and circling the streets of downtown los angeles and crossing over some of the freeway bridges, et cetera, but as i said to you, wolf, there is a great sense of achievement and euphoria, and let me bring in somebody who is

an undocumented student. this is catherine from columbia, and she is one of the demonstrators and one of the people rallying in a positive way. tell me, when you heard about this, what emotions went through your head? >> i was just like, i want to cry. i'm so happy that it is not just me, but all of my dreamers. they are now having the opportunity to get permits to work legally, and you know, that we won't be deported, because we wake up every morning and we go outside on the streets and we are like, what if i get in trouble and get deported? i don't want to be separated from the people i love, because we grow up here, and we have our families here, and our friends here, and now that all of thoba said, we know that we can start anew, and we will not be deported and we can work and live in the country. >> and i understand that you are go ing the laguardia college in new york, and what are your plans? >> well, i worked in the

international high school, and my plans are to go study civil engineering in laguardia, and transfer to the university city college and finish with a double major in environmental engineering. >> reporter: there was an announceme menment when it came that people were hugging, and can you give us a sense of the rally, and how people feel their life has changed? >> well, in this rally, about 150 people, but among the nation, there are a 1,000 of dreamers, and really, really happy that i know are crying just for this moment, because we are really, we were like, this is our desire, and this is really what we wanted, and now we get it. and now we are going to keep on fighting to get more, because we just get our own little things for dreamers, but now we need to get things for our parents, also. >> reporter: did you talk to your parents? >> my father is in colombia and sadly gave up, and went back to

colombia, but i am here with my mother and i called her and i was crying and i was like, mommy, i amp have these opportuniti opportunities, and now i have to keep fighting for you, because it is not about one person, but everybody in the community. >> we appreciate you so much for taking time out, and good luck, catherine. there you have it, wolf, you have heard from a student directly impacted from this, and if you saw a number of officers behind me, there was a moment where they had blocked the streets and the freeway on ramp, but they have decided no arrests right now, and the protesters are no longer blocking, but they are walk downtown as i said over to the freeway bridges and what not celebrating the huge victory here in los angeles today, wolf. >> yes, an important first step for many young people, and as many as 800,000 impacted by the decision of the obama administration. paul, stand by. we will get back to you and speak to more students as well and get some reaction from across the country. a poll taken a few months ago

from the pew research center shows what americans think that the priority should be when it comes the illegal immigrants, and look at the numbers, 24% said that the priority should be finding a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and that is 1 in 4 americans of course. 29% said better border security and enforcement of immigration laws should be the top concern. 43% said both of those should have equal priority. that is a recent poll on this sensitive issue. once again, the president of the united states will be going into the rose garden to make a statement, and we will hear what he has to say. i'm curious to see if the president will bring some of those students who will be eligible for this new opportunity with him into the rose garden, or by himself, what the format is going to be -- we will all find out pretty soon. once again, we will also be hearing from more students impacted by this dramatic announcement today. with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula

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once again, we are waiting for the president of the united states. he will be going into the rose garden, and we are told momentarily to make an announcement, a statement on the new immigration policy that the administration has put forward today that will allow hundreds of thousands and maybe as many as 800,000 illegal immigrants living in the united states who will no longerer live in fear of deportation based on the policy change today. the obama administration has changed the policy. the administration announced it

will no longer deport young law abiding illegal immigrants who have lived here for at least five years. we will bring in one of the students directly impacted by this joining us on the phone is jose luis zalaya, and you came to the country illegally from honduras and you came with your mo ther to escape your abusive father in honduras and what is your reaction of the policy chan change? >> yes, sir. this morning when i saw the news, i almost fainted. i am so happy, because i am a teacher, and in the idea that i am going to be able to have my own classroom with my own students and to be able to change their lives as an educator gives me so much hope in the service. this is my country, and i want to be able to serve this nation, and this announcement gives me that, gives me the opportunity to serve. that is what i have been waiting

for. >> you are 24 years old, and right now you are a graduate student at texas a&m, so walk us through, because i spoke a little while ago with janet napolitano, the secretary of homeland security, and she says that people can now call in or get online and begin the process that will give you two years to work legally and you will have legal status in the united states, and what do you plan on doing? >> yes. we are planning on getting to, getting legalized as soon as possible so that we can. and the sooner we do it, the sooner i can start applying for jobs and starting motivating students and obtaining in the v valley of texas, and i have been invited to go to the valley to motivate student, and because of the past i cannot do that, but now i can do that. we will get legalized as soon as possible there. is one reason i want to be legal is because i want to be a teacher and educator and now

that we have the opportunity to do it we will do it as soon as possible right, right now. >> it is certainly a step for you, and you will have two years to be legal in the united states and then you have to reapply every two years, but you know it stops short of the dream act and stops short of the come pprehene immigration reform and for now it is not a direct pathway for citizenship for you, and even permanent residency, and how do you feel about that? >> well, yes. this is a definitely step in the right direction, and the dre dreamers will continue to organize and work really, really hard for the communities, and this is definitely a step in the right direction. obama made a right decision. we have been asking for administrative relief for two years, and so, i'm very happy today. today is the day that dreamers can rejoice and celebrate, but we have to remember that we have to get back to work, and to know that dreamers have done so much without documentation gives me so much more hope to know what dreamers can do with the documentation when it comes to serving the nation, because this

is our home. this is our country. i don't want to go boack to honduras. i want to stay here and love this country and serve my country, because this is my home. this is the land of the free and the homef of the brave and that is what i want to do, teach here. >> jose luis, you been here ten years and you came when you were 14 from honduras as i said and running away from an abusive father. did you find your mother and sister in houston? how is that working out? >> yes. so, the reason why i actually came from honduras whenever i was 5 years old, my family and i, because we were so poor, i actually, and we actually lost my little brother who passed away in my mom's arms. at the age of 7 i worked very, very hard and my dad was an alcoholic and made me work the buy him alcohol. at the age of 13, as soon as i came of age and destroyed the house, and in 1999, my mom ran away from honduras to escape my father and came to the country but i was left behind because my

father would not let me come with my mom, and one day i was playing soccer when i was 14 years old and when i was playing soccer, there was a driveby and i was shot in both of my arms and so i ran away from honduras from violence and alcoholic farther and i came to the united states. and since i came here, i have been doing great, and i went to school, and graduated from the community college and texas a&m university and i gave the invocation speech at graduation, and to know that 12 years ago i was a homeless little kid and now i'm a graduate student at texas a&m is an honor and privilege, and now to know that i have the opportunity to serve, i called my mom, and she is happy and proud and to know that we will continue the fight and work for our communities as well. >> jose luis, good luck to you and your mom and your sister and your family. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you so very much.

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it shows the number of latinos eligible to vote in the united states. you can see how much those numbers have grown. in 1988, for example, there were 7 million eligible voters, latino eligible voters and now there are more than 21 million eligible latino voters and many of them in critical battleground states like new mexico or nevada, colorado, arizona, and even in virginia and north carolina among others. you see that they are ready for the president in the rose garden right now. we are also getting some angry republican reaction to the changes in the obama administration's immigration policy. south carolina senator lindsey graham for example tweeted this. he said, mr. president, i don't think that this is a wise way to fix a broken immigration system. this decision avoids dealing with congress and the american people instead of fixing a broken immigration system once and for all, he adds, this is a classic barack obama move of

choosing politics over leadership. lindsey graham of south carolina. congressman steve king, republican of iowa, and he says this, and i will put it up on the screen. americans should be outraged that president obama's planning to usurp the constitutional authority of the united states congress and grant amnesty by edict to 1 million ill league hle aliens. steve king goes on the say this, the american people have rejected amnesty, because it will erode the rule of law in much the same way as i believe the american people will reject president obama for his repeated efforts to violate the constitutional separation of powers. representative steve king, an opponent of comprehensive immigration reform speaking out on this sensitive issue. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin, like all of us awaiting the president. do we know any details of what the president will say, and how long he is going to speak, answer questions -- any of those matters resolved as far as we

know, jessica? >> well, wolf, my guidance is that he will speak for less than ten minutes, and i don't expect him to take questions generally in these sorts of settings he doesn't. one thing i would point out is that this is a little different from some of the, you know, let's get things done sort of statements that he has made lately. this is not an executive order, but a change in sort of how the department of homeland security is directing their resources is how one official put it, and i'm told that this has been under discussion, and for a very long time. it has been in the works for a while one source tells me, and part of what they call a progression. this source in the administration official says that over the past three years the administration has been focused on making the system effective and efficient focusing on basically people who are threatens to the u.s., threats

to the border, and focusing on the integrity of the system. the immigration system. and now that they feel that, and they give me a list of those things, but now that they feel that is secure, this is not an area where they deemed it essential to dedicate resources. so, that's the apolitical or if you want to look at this not through the political lenses or through the lenses of the election, and that is how the administration explains why they are making this move now, wolf. >> we will take one more quick break. on the other side the president of the united states in the rose garden.

all right. once again the president getting ready to walk out of the oval office, down those stairs in the rose garden to make a statement on his new immigration policy that applies to young illegal immigrants in the united states under 30 and those who have been here more than five years and came here before they were 16, and now have the opportunity for legal status for two years. you can see some of the policy changes that were announced by janet napolitano, the homeland security secretary, a while ago. if you came to the u.s. before

the age of 16, they are eligible. if they have lived in the united states for five years thashg are eligible. they are eligible if they have been in school, graduated or if they have been in the united states military or coast guard. no serious crimes, no felonies, and not a threat to the united states and cannot be older than 30 as of today. as we await the president and the new rules, he is going the go into some specific details about that. let's bring in our guest joining us now. the sheriff of maricopa county. the sheriff, joe arpiao. i want to get your initial reaction to these changes announced by the department of homeland security today. what do you think? >> first of all, i'm not surprised this is happening. number two, it's a political year. number three, the justice department has been investigating me for three and a half years and just took me to

federal court. sometimes i feel this is politics to get the latino vote. the decision will be coming out monday. why can't they wait? why is he doing this now? we all know the answer. >> you just think it's politics. for 800,000 under 30, they came here. they were brought here mostly by your parents. they can study, work and be productive members of america. >> first of all, let congress decide. maybe this will get congress angry. i doubt it. next year they will take this issue up. why is the president right now and the homeland security secretary coming up with this policy. it's going to be hard to administer any way.

i can go into many reasons to make this policy work. i'm not for it. it's a step towards amnesty. it's to make it for all those people. >> janet napolitano says this is not amnesty. it's to have status to work and be productive in the united states. she's also saying it's not the dream act. as a result, the department homeland security can change the policy guidelines. it's not even an executive order signed be the president. >> i've been a federal official

for 30 years. you think they will keep track of two years? they willextends it to five and it will go on and on. it is a complex problem. i can understand that. this isn't the right thing to do in an election year to throw this out right now before the election. that's sad, very sad. >> will this make your life as a sheriff easier now. now you sdroedon't have to worr about these thousands of young people if they apply for this new status, they will be legal. you don't have worry about them. >> i like to worry. i do my job. i'm enforcing the laws. the laws are there. i'm going to enforce it. i'm not worried. we're going to continue doing what we have been doing for all

these years. >> it just means you'll have less people to look up. now these young people under 30 who have been here for five years will have an opportunity to be legal, at least for two years. unless a new president were to change the regulation, they would have an opportunity the renew that two-year status ever two years. >> where are we going to draw the line? we just arrested six more in the workplace last night. should we let them go to. they may not accept those we arrest with false identification. we book them into our jail for state crimes. there's a lot of people we arrest with new policy. they may say we're not going to take them anymore, sheriff. what are we going to do, dump them on the streets? they're here illegally. they should be arrest and

deported. >> they make it clear, sheriff, as of today, these young people who qualify for this new status cannot be arrested simply because they have the legal status in the united states. they can be arrested if they commit a crime. they can't be arrested just because they are here. as a result it will be less paper work for you presumably. >> if we don't arrest them, what paper work you talking about. f . >> fewer individuals you have to worry about. >> we're not going to arrest them unless we have a reason to arrest them. we don't go on a street corner and grab people. i don't care if they are student who are they are, also we have a reason to doing that. let's see what the 1070 supreme court says. why didn't they wait until that decision came out?

they may not like the decision so now they are counter acting that decision with this thing. where have they been on this? >> we're waiting that supreme court decision. it could come out as early as is this coming monday. we're also waiting for the health care law to be adjudicated by the u.s. supreme court. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> joining us from arizona. we'll take another quick break. we expect to hear from the president when we come back. so at&t showed corporate caterers how to better collaborate by using a mobile solution, in a whole new way. using real-time photo sharing abilities, they can create and maintain high standards, from kitchen to table. this technology allows us to collaborate with our drivers to make a better experience for our customers. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ helping you do what you do... even better.

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illegal citizens in the united states to have legal status so they can study other work. the chief can white house corresponde correspondent. let me start with you. i just want our viewers who are tuning in to fully appreciate what's going on. this has come as a big surprise to all of us. earlier this morning were we told that janet napolitano has a major announcement on immigration. she made that announcement giving legal status for all practical purposes to young people, illegal immigrants that have been here for five years. this is a dramatic shift in u.s. policy guidelines, jessica. >> it is. it will be received as welcome news by many latino advocates

who have been pushing the immigration policy. to shift the policy to allow for some undocumented people to say here, at least in this case, some young adults will now have, in their view, some window of opportunity to stay in the country a bit longer. some, no doubt, will criticize the administration for not pushing for comprehensive immigration reform earlier and doing more. at least this is, they may say it's little and late, but it's something. what i will tell you is that according to administration officials that they came to this decision after working for the last three years on a number of steps at, in their words, or in their view, crackdown on illegal immigrants who are threats to society, who repeatedly cross the border after being sent back and come back and on policies that target people who have just come over the border in sending them back. they wanted to devote their

resources to those categories of individuals. once they felt up they beefed up policies that targets those individual, they felt the resources were best devoted. they were more comfortable not targeting this category of young people who have come here as the young children of illegal immigrants. that is the way to look at it. >> this is not a formal executive order that the president will sign. this is more of a policy order coming from the department of homeland security. >> that's right. it's a change this policy as oppose to an executive order like some of those, we can't wait policies, the president has signed in the past. i would add that it's impossible to look at this outside the lens to some extent of policy. there's an election this year wp we know the president and his campaign are working to not just win the latino vote, because he

does have support, but energize the latino vote. he need latinos who support him to be passionate in their support, to come out and vote because that margin could make the difference for him on election day. to some extent we could see this through that lens and this is one step in trying to tell this community, look i'm doing something for you. i've made good to some extent toward my pledge to help latinos push toward immigration reform in the context of democratic party politics. >> stand by. carlos lopez is with us from cnn. it's interesting the department of homeland security estimated that 800,000 young people will be impacted by this and be eligible for legal status in two years. the pugh hispanic center

estimates that number could be as high as 1.4 million unauthorized immigrants in the united states right now. give our viewers a bit of immediate reaction. what i've been hearing from a lot of latinos, they are thrilled. this is an important step in the right direction and this will energize them to support the president. >> reporter: it's a very welcome announcement for many. not only for these kids, that could benefit from this program, very similar to something wlr in place that's been in place for years for refuges from el salvador and other countries. they have been renewing their permit every two years and this is a similar format although it's not the same thing. it's going to impact the lives but also because they see it as another step. them getting closer to a possible immigration reform.

that's another interesting angle. we have different groups that are coming together and that are supporting this initiative. we'll see how it plays out during the campaign. for now, i think it's a very strong message from the white house to the hispanic community. it's not what everyone wanted, but it's a very big step. >> will it be interpreted as the substitute for the dream act that the president support, but was rejected by congress? >> reporter: it was not the dream act. it's not immigration reform, but it's more than they were getting until yesterday. president obama has said repeatedly he didn't have the authority to change immigration policy by executive order. you were clear on the point this is not an executive order, but it's coming from the white house. there is a change. people are seeing something, and obviously something in this context is better than nothing. they have a choice between what they are being offered now and what they have the from before. >> it's interesting. we're getting some critical comments from many republicans

out there, but silence, at least so far from the romney campaign. we're awaiting a statement from them. presumably he will issue a statement in person or his campaign will issue something. we're standing by from that. a lot of angry reaction coming in from other republican including some potential vice presidential running mate for mitt romney. let's take another quick break. coverage will continue in a moment.

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napolitano announced new actions my administration will take to mend our nation's immigration policy, to make it more fair, more efficient and more just. specifically for certain young people sometimes called dreamers. now, these are young people who study in our schools. they play in our neighborhoods. their friends with our kids. they pledge allegiance to our flag. they are americans in their heart, minds and every single way but one, on paper. they were brought to this country by their parents. sometimes even as infants and often have no idea that they are undocumented until they apply for a job or a driver's license or a college scholarship. put yourself in their shoes.

imagine you've done everything right your entire life, study hard, work hard, maybe even graduated at the top of your class only to face the threat of deportation to a country that you know nothing about with a language that you may not even speak. that's what gave rise to the dream act. it says that if your parents brought you here as a child, you've been here for five years and you're willing to go to college or serve in our military, you can one day earn your citizenship. i said time and time and time again to congress that send me the dream act, put it on my desk, and i'll sign it right away. both parties wrote this legislation. a year and a half ago democrats passed the dream act in the house but republicans walked

away from it. it got 55 votes in the senate, but republicans blocked it. the bill hasn't really changed. the need hasn't changed. it's still the right thing to do. the only thing that's changed, apparently, was the politics. as i said in my speech on the economy yesterday, it makes no sense to expel talented young people who for all intents and purposes are americans. they've been raised as americans. understand them to be part of this country. to expel these young people who want to staff our labs because of the actions op their parents or because the inaction of politicians. in the absence of any immigration action from congress to fix our broken immigration system what we've tried to do the focun ion

enfoent we pl yourtized border security. there's where fewer illegal crosses. we focused on criminals who endanger our community and today deportation of criminals is up 80%. we've improved on that discretion carefully and thoughtfully. well, today, we're improving it again. effective immediately, the department of homeland security is taking steps to lift the sth shadow of deportation from these young people. over the next few months, eligible individual who is do not pose a risk will be able to request temporary relief from

deportation proceedings and apply for work authorization. let's be clear. this is not amnesty. this is not immunity. this is not a path to citizenship. it's not a permanent fix. this is a temporary stopgap measure that let's us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief to hope and talented driven patriotic young people. it's the right thing to do. excuse me, sir. it's not time for questions, sir. not while i'm speaking. precisely because this is temporary, congress needs to act. there's still time for congress to pass the dream act this year because these kids deserve the plan their lives in more than two year increments. we still need to pass comprehensive immigration reform

that addresses our 21st century economic and security needs. it gives our farmers and ranchers certainty about the workers that they'll have. reform that gives our science and technology sector that young people who come here to earn their ph.ds won't leave and start businesses in other countries. reform that lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and immigran immigrants. just six years ago the unlikely trio of john mccain, ted kennedy and president bush came together to champion this kind of reform. i was proud to join 23 republicans in voting for it. there's no reason that we can't come together and get this done. as long as i'm president, i will not give up on this issue not only because it's the right thing to do for our economy and

ceos agree with me. not just because it's the right thing to do for our security but because it's the right thing to do period. i believe that eventually enough republicans in congress will come around to that view as well. i believe that it's the right thing to do because i've been with groups of young people who work so hard and speak with so much heart about what's best in america even though i knew some of them must have lived under the fear of deportation. i know some have come forward at great risks to themselves and their futures in hopes it would spur the rest of us to live up to our own most cherished values. i've seen the stories of americans and schools and churches and communities across the country who've stood you have for them and rallied behind them and pushed us to give them a better path and freedom from fear because we're a better

nation than one that expels innocent young kids. the answer to your question, sir, and the next time i prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask this question is this the the right thing to do for the american people. i didn't ask for an argument. i'm answering your question. it's the right thing to do for the american people and here is why. here is the reason? these young people are going to make extraordinary contributions and are already making contributions to our society. i've got a young person who is serving in our military, protecting us and our freedom. the motion that in some ways we would treat them as expendable makes no sense. if there's a young person here who has grown up here and wants to contribute to this society, wants to maybe start a business

that will create jobs for other folk who is are looking for work, that's the right thing to do. giving certainty to our farmers and our ranchers. making sure that in addition to border security we're creating a comprehensive frame work for legal immigration. these are all the right things to do. we have always drawn strength from being a nation of immigrants as well as a nation of laws and that's going to continue. my hope is that congress recognizes that and gets behind this effort. all right. thank you very much. >> what about american workers who are unemployed while you employ foreigners? >> they are shouting some questions. he was irritated by one individual.

i don't know who was tethe pers that was making the stt. the president outlining change. he said this is not amnesty. a pathway to citizenship but going onto say this is the right thing to do for the american people. the reaction has been coming in before the president spoke. no reaction from the romney campaign although i anticipate we will get a formal statement from the romney campaign soon enough. two potential running mates have issued statements. marco rubio released this statement among other things saying today's announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it's a short term answer to a long term problem and by ignoring the conty institution and going around congress shs this will make it harder to find a balance and responsible long-term one. i just got a statement from rob portman, the senator from ohio. he's now being vetted as a vice

presidential running mate. he issued a short statement. despite promising to address illegal immigration early in his term, the president has failed to lead on another important national issue and resorting to election year gambit. the president's job is to build consensus on tough issues, not pick and choose what laws he enforces based on campaign polling data. that's from rob portman who is on the short list of vice presidential running mate. i was to get reaction from sheriff joe arpaio. he's been a fierce critic on the president on this issue. s what's your immediate reaction? >> great political speech. what happened in the past. why now? why this time? election here. he's right. the congress should look into this. i hope they do make some

decisions next year. what's his resources that they don't have the resources? i've been doing a great job. the reward is to take me to court last month. why can't they wait for the 1070? you know it's politics. why 30 years? you cut it off at 30. you think the feds will be able to keep track of the history of these one million people. they're not going to keep track. it's going to be very difficult to pursue what the president wants or the homeland security wants on these policies. this is the precursor to amnesty. it will go to other people, other situations. this is the beginning. i've been involved for many years. it's sad. something must be done.

don't do it now for the latino vote and before the supreme court comes out with their decision. >> they are supposed to come out with a decision next week or the week after on the arizona immigration law. was there anything you heard from the president in the rose garden that you liked? >> yeah, i'll tell you what i liked. i don't like his policies. i'm glad he's speaking out because that's going to generate more controversy over this issue and maybe one day we'll get this thing solved through congress. >> we spoke to you earlier. thanks for your immediate reaction. we'll stay in close touch with you as well. appreciate it very, very much. we'll have much more coverage coming up. brooke baldwin is standing by. she'll have more of that heckler who interrupted be president

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welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. this someone of those days that a lot of young people will remember. they will remember where they were, what they felt when the president told them they are free to remain in america. >> the need hasn't changed. it's still the right thing to do. the only thing that's changed, parn parent apparently was the politics. as i said yesterday, it makes no sense to expel talented young people who for all intents and purposes are americans. they have been raised as americans. understand themselves to be part of this country. to expel these young people who want to staff our labs or start new businesses or depend our country simply because of the actions of their parents or because the inaction of politicians.

>> now, what the president has done is offer this two-year deferral to certain young immigrants. he said this is not amnesty. he is doing this on his own. no request to congress here. take a look at this. this is from steve king. americans should be outraged that president obama is planning to u as you were the constitutional authority of the united states congress and grant amnesty to one million illegal aliens. that's your debate. amnesty or not. an instant issue here in this upcoming election. first, i want to go to our chief white house correspondent. what is the president doing here. how does this work? >> reporter: first of all, it's a change in how the department of homeland security is devoting the resources. it applies to people who will

are under 30 years old. who arrived in the u.s. before they were the age of 16. people who had no criminal record and who have at least a high school diploma or served in the military. these are the kids who were brought over by their parents who were illegal. as people put it, did nothing wrong themselves, have grown up here and now are given an opportunity to stay here and apply for two years and re-apply for two years if this policy continues and so on. >> we just heard wolf's conversation with sheriff joe arpaio. a lot of americans are saying hang on. what the administration is doing is not enforcing the law. how do they justify this decision not to deport people who are here illegally? >> reporter: it's what i said a moment ago is they see it as

allocating the resources differently. that net napolitano said this is not designed to be blindly enforced without consideration given to the individual circumstances of each case. nor are they designed to remove productive young people to countries where they may not have lived or even speak the language. the keyword is discretion, which is used in so many others is especially justified here. the bottom line is, they arecuno