DREAMERS

Fabiola Santiago (R), an undocumented UCLA student with a masters degree in Public Heath, attends a graduation ceremony for UCLA "Dreamers", or Dream Act students, at a church near the campus in Los Angeles, California June 15, 2012. Undocumented youths who came to the United States as children reacted with joy to an Obama administration rule change on Friday that could spare them deportation, although opponents slammed it as amnesty.





WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Members of CASA de Maryland gather in front of the White House to celebrate the Obama Administration's announcement about deportation of illegal immigrants June 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama said the administration will stop deporting undocumented immigrants who had come to the U.S. when they were at a young age.





WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: Immigration activists gather in front of the White House to celebrate the Obama Administration's announcement about deportation of illegal immigrants June 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama said the administration will stop deporting undocumented immigrants who had come to the U.S. when they were at a young age.





Hugo Sanchez, from right, Daniela Cruz and Maria Castro cheers as they watch a broadcast of an announcement about the new U.S. immigration law at the Arizona Dream Act Coalition office in Phoenix on Friday, June 15, 2012. President Barack Obama eased enforcement of immigration laws Friday, offering a chance for hundreds of thousands of younger illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work.





Phoenix Dreamers respond to President's policy change





Activists and supporters of the DREAM Act react to President Obama's announcement on Friday in Las Vegas.





Supporters of the DREAM Act stand outside the White House





Rally to celebrate immigration relief





Nancy Guarneros, 25, right, hugs Jorge Gutierrez, 28, as they join more than 150 students and Dream Act supporters who rallied in downtown Los Angeles on Friday to voice support for President Obama's decision to halt the deportation of young illegal immigrants who have no criminal records and meet certain other criteria. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times / June 15, 2012)




Lorena Tule-Romain tries to hold back tears of joy as Ramiro Luna talks to news media after President Barack Obama announced that his administration will stop deporting and begin giving work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. Brad Loper/Staff Photographer





State senator Ruben Kihuen hugs Astrid Silva while they gather to listen to President Obama’s announcement of new immigration reforms Friday, June 15, 2012 at the offices of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.





Raphael Lopez gets a hug from Barbara Silva as they listen to President Obama's announcement of new immigration reforms Friday, June 15, 2012 at the offices of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. Lopez, a student at UNLV, was brought into the United States when he was one-year-old.






DHS Immigration Memo
http://kpbs.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/news/documents/2012/06/15/homeland-security-immigration-announcement.pdf