ARREST AND WHEAT THE AND ALSOCH SUSPECTS WERE PLANNING STAY WITH LOCAL10 AT 6:30. Calvin Hughes: RIGHT NOW PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS ON AIR FORCE BASE AFTER A BRIEF VISIT TO SOUTH FLORIDA. THE PRESIDENT SPOKE AT A TOWN HALL MEETING AT FSU ON IMMIGRATION REFORM. OUR FROM MICHAEL PUTNEY WAS THERE AND IS JOINING US LIVE WITH MORE. Reporter: THIS WAS A VERY LIVELY TOWN HALL MEETING HERE AT FIU. THE MODERATOR AND SEVERAL AUDIENCE MEMBERS AT TIMES PUSHED THE PRESIDENT HARD, AND THE PRESIDENT AT TIMES PUSHED BACK. IT WAS ALL VERY CIVIL AND COURTEOUS BUT ALSO AT TIMES INTENSE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT TOOK QUESTIONS FROM SEVERAL DREAMERS IN THE AUDIENCE, PEOPLE WHOSE PARENTS MAY SOON BE DEPORTED. THE PRESIDENT SAID HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER WOULD HAVE PROTECTED MANY OF THOSE OLDER UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE LAST WEEK PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE LAW IS ON HIS SIDE, AND HE TOLD THE AUDIENCE AT ONE POINT, "THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY SHORTCUTS I CAN MAKE ON IMMIGRATION. ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE LAW." HE WAS VERY CANDID. HE WAS ANIMATED. OBVIOUSLY, PASSIONATE. HE FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND THE BOTTOM LINE FOR HIM WAS IN THE END THE U.S. CONGRESS HAS TO REALLY SOLVE THE ISSUE, THAT HE'LL DO AS MUCH AS HE CAN BUT HE'S LIMITED BY THE SCOPE OF THE EXECUTIVE ACTION HE CAN TAKE. I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE PRESIDENT P. HE SAID HE STRONGLY BELIEVES IT, HE SAID HE BELIEVES IT'S GOING TO GET OVERTURNED BECAUSE IT'S IN HIS AUTHORITY THE TO PASS THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. HE SAID ALTHOUGH IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME HE IS GOING TO PUSH FORWARD AND HIS ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THIS IN THE MONTHS TO COME AND WHATEVER IS LEFT HIS TIME IN OFFICE. Reporter: I'D SAY 100% OF THE AUDIENCE HERE AT FIU IS IN FAVOR OF IMMIGRATION REFORM, EVEN MORE LIBERAL THAN THE PRESIDENT HAD PROPOSED. HE SAID HE HAD GONE AS FAR AS HE COULD WITH HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER. CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS THINK
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