Photos: Local reaction to Obama ruling
President Obama announced a new policy that allows law-abiding young people who were brought here illegally as children to not face deportation.
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Immigrant students had in recent years become highly organized and increasingly public in their quest to gain legal residency.
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“It’s not everything that we need, but it’s a big step," said Renata Teodoro, right, who moved from Brazil when she was 6 years old.
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Brothers Carlos, left, and Rodrigo Saavedra, of Peru, hugged during an event at the Student Immigration Movement's office in Boston.
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Aly Lopez, 20, left, of Mexico, and Keylin Chicas, 19, of El Salvador, reacted to the news.
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Left to right, Gladys Martinez, 22, of Mexico, Nataly Castano, 23, of Colombia, and Jose Palma, 35, of Colombia, listened to Obama’s speech.
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