. >>> preside laid out his immigrat plan tonight, and while it had supporters literay weeping outside the white house, critics call sayt crossed the line. >> my fellow americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigran. we were strangers once too. >> chris lawrence has been followg tonis developm. he's at the live desk with more. >> yeah, doreen, the president basicay told about 5 million people, you don't have to hide anymore. this could have implications for the hundreds of tf undocume immigrants in maryla and virginia. take a look. this is what it looked like as suppor and opponents marched outside the white house. presidena said they'll still be deporting criminals and those who recently came across the border. others can apply to stay, although they won't get green cards or access to programs like medicare. >> if you've been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens, or l residents, ifu r backgr check, and you're willing to pay your fair share of taxes, you'll be able to apply to stay in this country tempory without fear of deporta

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. >>> near the top of the president's inbox is immigrat n immigration. president obama pushing back hard on the republican claims that he lacks the authority to take executive action if congress doesn't do something. cnn's erin mcpike is at the white house. >> reporter: christine, president obama has long said once he returned from the swing through asia, he would say the kind of executive action he would take on illegal immigration. we are now hearing we could hear something by the end of the week. both sides drew lines in the political sand on what they would like to see on immigration reform. listen to senator-elect james langford. >> the american people believe in the rule of law. they have a problem with illegal immigrati immigration. for the president to say i'll remove the word illegal and transition this and ignore the law, a lot of people have a problem with that. >> reporter: and while overseas, president obama said what he would like to see in a bill from congress that could then nullify the actions that he will take on immigration reform with

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