the carrest immediates, hardest talk. >> issue one, immigration showdown. >> so we're going to offer the following deal. if you've been america for more then five years, if you have children who are american citizens or local residents if you register, pass a criminal background check and you're willing to pay your fair share of taxes. you'll be able it apply to stay in this country without fear of deportation. you cran get out of the shadows. >> president obama then reminded the american people about the origins of our nation. >> my fellow americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. we were strangers once, too. ed whether our forbearers were strangers who crossed the atlantic or the pacific or the rio grand, we are here only because this country will comed -- welcomed them in and taught them to be an american is more than what we look like, what our last names are or how we worship. what makes us america is a shared commitment to an ideal that all of us are created equal and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will. >> the question, is the preside