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What Will Obama Do About Immigration?

Undocumented immigrants on July 24, 2014 in Mission, Texas. Tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them minors, have crossed illegally into the United States this year, causing a humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. (John Moore/Getty Images)
Undocumented immigrants on July 24, 2014 in Mission, Texas. Tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them minors, have crossed illegally into the United States this year, causing a humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. (John Moore/Getty Images)

With Congress on recess, having failed to pass a bill to deal with the flood of unaccompanied minors into the country, President Obama is weighing his various options on how to handle the crisis.

Immigration reporter Alan Gomez of USA Today joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson to discuss the president’s options.

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