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History in the Making: Watch Parties Gather Coast to Coast As Obama Announces Deferred Action (Twice)

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The executive order President Obama announced yesterday wasn’t perfect — it will leave out millions of immigrants who deserve to be protected — but it was a significant first step toward permanent relief for America’s undocumented.  Coast to coast last night, from Los Angeles to Oregon to New York and Washington, DC, hundreds of immigrants and allies gathered together at dozens of events to watch and celebrate the speech.  Then they did it all again today, when President Obama delivered another speech at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas.  View just some of the pictures below: