15 JUNE 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ: NICK THOMAS and others in Phoenix thank President Obama for his immigration announcement Friday. President Barrack Obama announced Friday that fffective immediately, young people who were brought to the US through no fault of their own as children and who meet certain criteria will be eligible to receive deferred action for a period of 2 years and that period will be subject to renewal. The announcement of the new executive order means that up to 800,00 young undocumented immigrants will not be deported and can continue their education in the US. The move was seen by many in the immigrant community as the closest thing they would get to seeing the DREAM Act passed in the near future. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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