for the first time ever, obtaining legal residency would mean having to speak english and pass a civics test. there would also be a beefed up border. i think after the election finally the country is realizing that you cannot have two classes of people in this country. reporter: foreign documented immigrants like sophia campos, it could mean no longer living in hiding. when an entire government is telling you blatantly that you are worth less than the person next to you, that hurts. it hurts your dignity more than anything. reporter: for the recent college grad, being undocumented means not knowing if she can get a job. for her babysitter mother, it means not being able to return to peru to visit sick family. you used the word in prison. it s a different kind of life. people who feel safe in this country and people who are like me. reporter: people like her who may soon come out of the shadows. cecilia vega, abc news, los
details are pouring in about that dramatic shooting in washington, d.c. today. a gunman, walking into the lobby of a powerful conservative organization, the family research council, and shouting something mysterious and pulling out a weapon and firing it. he wounded a security guard who still, somehow, managed to wrestle the shooter to the ground, saving untold lives. abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest at this hour. reporter: this is the man police suspect was about to begin a shooting spree at one of the nation s best known conservative groups on family issues. a potential disaster averted, because of the work of this security guard, videotaped by abc washington affiliate wjla, as he was being transported from the site, after being shot. the security officer here is a hero, as far as i m concerned. reporter: police say at 10:45 this morning, the suspect walked into the lobby of the family research council and was confronted by a security gu
that dramatic shooting in washington, d.c. today. a gunman, walking into the lobby of a powerful conservative organization, the family research council, and shouting something mysterious and pulling out a weapon and firing it. he wounded a security guard who still, somehow, managed to wrestle the shooter to the ground, saving untold lives. abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest at this hour. reporter: this is the man police suspect was about to begin a shooting spree at one of the nation s best known conservative groups on family issues. a potential disaster may have been averted because of the work of this security guard, videotaped by abc washington affiliate wjla, as he was being transported from the site after being short. the security guard is a hero as far as i m concerned. reporter: police say at 010:45 this morning, the suspect walked into the lobby of the family research council and was confronted by a security guard as the suspect yell
good evening. as we come on the air, new details are pouring in about that dramatic shooting in washington, d.c. today. a gunman, walking into the lobby of a powerful conservative organization, the family research council, and shouting something mysterious and pulling out a weapon and firing it. he wounded a security guard who still, somehow, managed to wrestle the shooter to the ground, saving untold lives. abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest at this hour. reporter: this is the man police suspect was about to begin a shooting spree at one of the nation s best known conservative groups on family issues. a potential disaster may have been averted because of the work of this security guard, videotaped by abc washington affiliate wjla, as he was being transported from the site after being short. the security guard is a hero as far as i m concerned. reporter: police say at 010:45 this morning, the suspect walked into the lobby of the family resea