What exactly is an 'executive action'?
President Obama's decision to issue an executive order without the approval of Congress is causing a firestorm across the country.
Republicans say the move is illegal. Four governors are threatening to sue the President over his plan to shield million of undocumented immigrants from deportation
But Barack Obama is not the first President to go at it alone.
CNN's Tom Foreman has the report.
Obama, GOP prepare to battle over immigration reform
President Obama is doubling down on immigration.
"I indicated to (House) Speaker (John) Boehner several months ago that if in fact Congress failed to act I would use all the lawful authority that I possess to try and make the system work better. And that's gonna happen, that's gonna happen before the end of the year," said Obama.
Congressional Republicans are vowing to fight President Barack Obama's plan to make immigration changes through executive action, but they are struggling with how to do that without triggering another government shutdown.
OutFront, Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist who revealed and chronicled his own life as an undocumented immigrant in America and Derrick Morgan who served as special counsel to vice president Dick Cheney.
The gangs behind the border children crisis
What is causing an influx of young immigrants to illegally cross the U.S. border? Some say it's the threat of gangs, rape and human trafficking in Central America.
Not in my backyard: Communities protest surge of immigrant kids
Our Sara Sidner has an exclusive report - she speaks to gang members about their role in the border crisis.
View my Flipboard Magazine.Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas freed after detention
America's most famous undocumented immigrant - Pulitzer-Prize journalist Jose Antonio Vargas - was released by border patrol agents Tuesday.
Vargas, who was a guest on OutFront Monday night, was arrested Tuesday morning after attempting to board a plane out of McAllen, Texas.
The Department of Homeland security released a statement saying they encountered Vargas at the airport and "apprehended him after he stated that he was in the country illegally. Mr. Vargas was transported to the McAllen Border Patrol Station where he was processed and provided with a Notice to Appear before an immigration judge."
But some are asking whether Vargas - who has been in the U.S. for more than 20 years - wanted to be detained.
CNN's Alina Machado has more.
View my Flipboard Magazine.First group of illegal immigrants deported to Honduras from new U.S. facility
A surge of undocumented immigrants has been coming into the United States by the tens of thousands. Many of them are children escaping dangerous conditions in Central America.
First group of Hondurans deported from new U.S. facility
The first wave of those immigrants were deported Monday - dozens of adults and children held a facility in New Mexico were returned to Honduras.
Security is high in #honduras on the arrival of the first plane w deportees from US pic.twitter.com/etmwfiTUWu
— Rosa Flores (@RosaFlores) July 14, 2014
The Department of Homeland Security says more deportations are on the way.
OutFront, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas.
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