The immigrants are not the only ones with an opinion. Joanna Marzullo is with a group that opposes Obama's order. "Obama is incorrect in allowing illegal alien trespassers to remain in this country or to make it easier for them," said Marzullo.

Father Bob Vitaglione at the Sacred Heart church in Brooklyn calls Obama's policy a noble gesture, but he wants a change in attitudes.

"Our undocumented immigrants of today are, in effect, 20th century slaves," said Vitaglione. "They work on minimum or below minimum wage. They'll do the dirtiest, scuzziest jobs, which in the old days slaves would have done."

More than 100,000 people have applied for the president's so-called deferred action.

The administration hopes Congress will pass a law allowing young adults brought to the U.S. illegally as children to eventually become U.S. citizens. But in the meantime, for those not eligible under his plan, they will either be deported, return home voluntarily or remain in the United States as illegals.

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