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Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
AP sources: Immunity offered to certain immigrants — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year initiative addresses …
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Rep. Steve King to sue Obama administration over new immigration policy — Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King said Friday that he plans to sue the Obama administration to halt implementation of its newly announced selective illegal immigration law enforcement policy.
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John H. Cushman Jr / New York Times:
U.S. to Stop Deporting Some Illegal Immigrants — WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children will be able to obtain work permits and be safe from deportation under a new policy announced on Friday by the Obama administration.
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Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Obama To Stop Deporting DREAM-Eligible Youth, Protecting 1 Million Undocumented Students — President Obama will announce a new immigration policy this morning that will allow some undocumented students to avoid deportation and receive work authorization.
Department of Homeland Security:
Secretary Napolitano Announces Deferred Action Process for Young People Who Are Low Enforcement Priorities
Secretary Napolitano Announces Deferred Action Process for Young People Who Are Low Enforcement Priorities
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Why Obama's Decision To Stop Deporting DREAM-Eligible Youth Is Good For The Economy
Why Obama's Decision To Stop Deporting DREAM-Eligible Youth Is Good For The Economy
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The New Civil Rights Movement and Shakesville
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama administration tries to downplay impact, muffle public opposition to amnesty move
Obama administration tries to downplay impact, muffle public opposition to amnesty move
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama makes election-year change in deportation policy
Obama makes election-year change in deportation policy
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Allen West Alleges New Obama Policy On DREAMers Is Voter Fraud Conspiracy For 2012 Election
Rep. Allen West Alleges New Obama Policy On DREAMers Is Voter Fraud Conspiracy For 2012 Election
Mariano Castillo / CNN:
Joy, skepticism at immigration policy move
Joy, skepticism at immigration policy move
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Tom Cohen / CNN:
Obama calls policy ‘the right thing to do’
Obama calls policy ‘the right thing to do’
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The Daily Caller:
Statements from The Daily Caller regarding exchange in White House Rose Garden — Neil Munro, White House Correspondent: “I always go to the White House prepared with questions for our president. I timed the question believing the president was closing his remarks, because naturally …
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CNN:
Obama to interrupter: 'I didn't ask for an argument' — (CNN) - President Barack Obama did not respond kindly Friday to an interruption during his Rose Garden announcement of new immigration rules, telling the man shouting that it was neither the time nor the place to field questions.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Out Of Line — The guy who saw fit to interrupt twice the President's address in the Rose Garden on his new immigration policy, which was being carried live by the cable nets, was actually a reporter for The Daily Caller named Neil Munro. — David Kurtz is Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief …
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Politico:
Obama interrupted by heckling reporter — In a surprising breach of normal etiquette, President Barack Obama's Rose Garden remarks on Friday were interrupted by heckling from reporter Neil Munro of the website Daily Caller, where conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is the editor-in-chief.
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Immigration Speech: Reporter Interrupts, Heckles President During Remarks (VIDEO)
Obama Immigration Speech: Reporter Interrupts, Heckles President During Remarks (VIDEO)
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Video of the Day: Daily Caller Reporter Interrupts Obama Press Conference
Video of the Day: Daily Caller Reporter Interrupts Obama Press Conference
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Crooks and Liars and Washington Post
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
McCain: Adelson funding Romney Super PAC with ‘foreign money’ — Senator and Romney presidential campaign surrogate John McCain (R-AZ) said Thursday that casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is indirectly injecting millions of dollar in Chinese “foreign money” into Mitt Romney's presidential election effort.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
McCain says casino mogul is putting ‘foreign money’ into 2012 campaign
McCain says casino mogul is putting ‘foreign money’ into 2012 campaign
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Adelson's Romney-boosting support reportedly ‘limitless’
Adelson's Romney-boosting support reportedly ‘limitless’
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos and Algemeiner.com
Ruschell Boone / NY1.com:
NY1 Exclusive: School Prohibits Fifth-Grader From Giving Speech On Same-Sex Marriage … Kameron Slade worked on his speech with his mother and his teacher after winning a class competition. He was slated to deliver it in a school-wide contest at PS 195. — That's no longer going to happen.
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Sally Goldenberg / New York Post:
It's a ‘trick’ question — They're not hookers — they just look as if they could be! — A dozen scantily clad women rallied outside City Hall yesterday, decrying a bill they say prevents beauties wearing skimpy clothes from getting a fair shot at hailing a yellow cab.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Skip the falsehoods, Mr. President, and give us a plan — I had high hopes for President Obama's speech on the economy. But instead of going to Ohio on Thursday with a compelling plan for the future, the president gave Americans a falsehood wrapped in a fallacy.
David Brooks / New York Times:
What Republicans Think — Democrats frequently ask me why the Republicans have become so extreme. As they describe the situation, they usually fall back on some sort of illness metaphor. Republicans have a mania. President Obama has said that Republicans have a “fever” that he hopes will break if he is re-elected.
New York Times:
The Political Contrast — President Obama sometimes forgets that an important speech does not have to be endless. On Thursday, appearing before supporters at a Cleveland community college, he spent 53 minutes on the stark contrast between his goals and the failed Bush-era policies that Mitt Romney is trying to resurrect.
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Obama to Celebrities: 'You're the Ultimate Arbiter of Which Direction This Country Goes' — NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama soaked in the support — and the campaign cash — of Manhattan's elite entertainers Thursday as his re-election team sought to fill its fundraising coffers.