I'm surprised it took him this long. Although maybe his plan all along was to time it with his re-election campaign.
The Dream Act by executive order. Obama thinks he is all three branches of government. It will all be taken down in January 2013 much to the nation's relief.
This is part of the developed world's intensifying competition for immigrants. If we don't get them (of course we don't want the bad ones, no one does) the other guy will. Demography is destiny.
Talk is beginning to swirl about impeachment for usurping existing law on this one. The president has a sworn duty to uphold existing law.
Please. The type of immigrants here working illegally are not being sought after. You're referring to doctors, engineers, IT specialists, etc. Those guys come over legally. They might not stay, but they come here legally.