Obama’s Plan for Immigration Reform — What You Need to Know

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President Obama has taken executive action on immigration. Photo courtesy of New America Media.

By New America Media Staff

Editor’s Note: On Nov. 20, 2014, President Barack Obama announced that he would take executive action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Following his announcement, New America Media hosted a national telephonic press briefing for ethnic media reporters, with speakers Marielena Hincapié of National Immigration Law Center, Marshall Fitz of Center for American Progress and Sally Kinoshita of Immigrant Legal Resource Center. More than 75 reporters from around the country called in to ask questions about the impact it will have on their communities.

Here are the answers to some of their most frequently asked questions.

Read the complete story at New America Media. 

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