Details on White House immigration plan

Before the President's speech to the nation on immigration, the White House released details of Mr. Obama's executive actions, which features plans to shield over 4 million people now living illegally in the United States from being deported.

As for the legal authority behind these moves, the Justice Department released a memo on that, which can be found at http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/olc/opinions/attachments/2014/11/20/2014-11-19-auth-prioritize-removal.pdf.

Here are the details as provided by the White House press office:

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