President Obama's Immigration plans have, not unexpectedly, drawn both praise and criticism.<br/> <br />Outside the White House, supporters of the plan - which in part would ease deportation threats - held signs and chanted their approval.<br/> <br />(nats up full WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY VICTORY TODAY!)<br/> <br />But Congressional Republicans have made their disapproval just as clear.<br/> <br />At issue is whether Obama's plans are legal and within the confines of the U.S. Constitution.<br/> <br />Republicans say, they are not.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER SAYING:<br/> <br />"...he's not king' and he's 'not an emperor,' but he sure is acting like one."<br/> <br />Part of the reform would allow nearly five million undocumented people, most of whom are parents of children born in the US, to stay with their families.<br/> <br />Here a crowd watches the president's speech outside a detention center in Los Angeles.<br/> <br />Some hope the reform will, in Obama's words, help them come out of the shadows.
