His new presidential note, gives immunity to illegal immigrants who are currently under thirty, were under sixteen when brought to the US, have lived here for at least five years and graduated high school, and not have any felonies.
Very few have come out in support of Obama's move, even most Democrats have backed away from the issue, for now.
Many opponents of the move are pointing out the blatant circumvention of Congress, and therefore illegal nature of such a move.
Congress has repeatedly voted no on the so called dream act which would give immunity to many illegal immigrants.
Other opponents question how Obama can justify the move, whilst at the same time millions of citizens are out of work.
Even some illegal immigrant activists are wary of the move, noting that it is really only a memo, not an actual executive order.
They worry that it is simply just another empty promise from the Democrat party, in an effort to gain votes and support.
Hispanics voted nearly two to one for Obama, in 2008; but since then have becoming increasingly critical of his administration's lack of work towards any kind of immigration reform.
It is important to note that not all illegal immigrants come from Latino countries; they come from all over the world, of all different races and ethnicity.
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