Work. And the president saying this is not changing the law, but simply using legally permissible discretion in enforcing it. With crowds chanting, in spanish, yes, he could, in the freezing cold outside the white house, the president put his case for executive action before the american public. These people, our neighbors, our classmates, our friends, they did not come here in search of a free ride or an easy life. They came to work. At one point, quoting scripture. We shall not oppress a stranger. For we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too. My fellow americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. His plan allows the department of Homeland Security to take certain groups off the priority list for deportation, while keeping others high up. Felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a mom who is working hard to provide for her kids. Putting more resources at the border and focusing on deporting criminals and those entering the u.