This morning on the washington journal, we asked viewers to weigh in. We want to know whether you think the president should move forward on hiS Immigration plant. Phone lines are open. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. Are outside if you the us. You can also email us, use facebook and twitter. A very good saturday morning to you. Here are the headlines today in wall street journal. Immigration plan test president s reach. Whether president use millions for deportation. Of course, the details of that plan is not yet officially released, but some reports on that plan coming out this past week. In terms of what we know about the plan, heres what we know the Research Center their report from yesterday. It is supposed to affect already ts who have been living in the country for long period of time, and families in which the members are your citizens and others are us citizens, and others are not. It could include 3. 5 million parents of usborn children who in the United States for five years or more. Or 2. 8 million parents of usborn children who have lived in the United States tenures. Children er 650,000 who currently lack protection from duplication. Been unchanged since 1986. That is from the Research Center this morning. This rms of the timing on and why now, heres a story from politico. Immigration, ma on why wait is the headline there. Story notes that no one has to worry that the runoff in louisiana will tip the balance of power. Pressure to move quickly only intensified this weekend. Details of the plan leaked giving republicans free reign. Some Administration Officials said they were not be surprised greenlighted an announcement soon, after deciding on a policy early next week. We want to get your thoughts on the president S Immigration plan. Should you move forward here without congress . As we said, the exact details yet to be released, but we want to get your thoughts in terms of the pushback. Paul is coming in from tennessee on our line for republicans. Paul, good morning. Good morning. That segment right there, that was Congress Passing a law. This president has absolutely taken our constitution and in the garbage bin. And the socalled sit by and ple just watched and allowed his liberal a room with et murder away with murder. Harry reid is an obstructionist. Over 300 bills laying on his desk. Republicans have called him an obstructionist. This president has no authority whatsoever to do anything with is wanting , like he to do. He should be impeached. In jail for treason. For the things that he has already done, much less what he wants to do now. And it is congress that passes these bills, not the president. Who in the world ever gave him the authority to do so . Brett is on our line from washington dc for independents. Go ahead. I think the ideological differences are the most interesting. Whether the fact that this and the is a republic, free market is more about a three dollar free dollar people who are citizens having a right to compute, as a citizen, for a job, instead of people on ns of overstayed visas who know that if they dont meet the productivity requirements of a who hire ese employers them they know if they dont meet the productivity requirements, they are more into contact e with immigration and have to go back to the country of origin. I do not think it is the president s fault that he is something that labor, as want cheap opposed to vote, bbecause the republicans blame democrats for wanting immigrants legalized so that they can get their vote. But i really think it is more the fact market, and that lawyers and politicians would rather have the issue go this because obamas they will hire anyone if they think they can get their labor for cheap. Point getting to the where, i think, judges and classaction suits might be the solution. People seem to think that republicans or democrats are going to win the issue, but i think it is about lowpaid workers start looking for lawyers. Okay, that is our independent line. Lets go to our line for democrats. Javier is waiting in new york. Javier, good morning to you. For ood morning, thank you taking my call. I want to say that i am undocumented. Go ahead, javier. I am undocumented, so i want to give my view of things. I will think that the congress and the senate will get together and do this the right i dont think so, so im really hopeful that obama will do his executive order. To do it another way there is not another way to it because republicans what they want to do to castro, they want to do to us. So i just want to say that can i ask you, the administration has been for deporting record numbers of unauthorized to that ts according research study, 438,000 unauthorized immigrants were in fiscal year fiscal re than 400 year 2013, and more than 400,000 were sent home in 2009. Among latino deportation, it is seen as more important than the to citizenship for latinos. How do you feel about that . I am very disappointed. Are undocumented right now, we dont want or need anything else. Just to come home and come back. We dont want anything else. They dont want to go citizenship or anything, okay, it is okay. But give us something so that we can go out and see family. Do you ur, how javier, are you working right now . I write a letter to the president explaining to him, you know, there is a lot of work over here. A lot of companies. But everybody doesnt have papers. So they take to people with are 20 and there without papers. The right way, too a lot those people making of money and not wanting to pay taxes. Javier calling in from new york. A couple comments on her Facebook Page already. You can follow along on that conversation already. Elizabeth writes that congress is a joke. Yes, the president should do something. To do so by the president would circumvent the checks and balances. It would be unconstitutional. Just a few of the comments on our Facebook Page. Also, on our twitter page. A tweet from jim we need a court order to tell obama that doesnt have this authority, and if he doesnt, they will issue an arrest warrant for him. We are asking if the president should move forward on immigration, with or without congress. The plan, rainout, appears to move at the president will forward with executive action. From sun city, line for n our republicans. Smitty, good morning. Good morning. Just while im sitting here get on the air, i heard want to do that i he wants to do something right way. Well, the right way to do it is not to sneak across the border. There are right ways to do it here. The president s what you on the show o and im not telling you how to run the darn thing } ill take any suggestions. The videos are available of of the United States saying that he doesnt have the Legal Authority to do what he is getting ready to do. Why dont you play those . Stuff on tching the the guy who was ggetting 400,000 for writing obama care. You dont see that animal shows. You could youre not getting into politics or political viewpoints by just showing those videos of this guy about stupid american voters. Write paid 400,000 to the darn thing we play that video. We actually had a segment on the Health Care Law. We played that just the other perhaps it was yesterday. You can find it on the washington journal website keep all our shows. I guess i missed that part. I watch him most every morning, but i dont catch everything. About tthis guy talks voters being ignorant, and it is because they dont watch these things. A lot of the people that dont like that the president is doing what hes doing understand what he is doing. It is not so much a legal, it is unconstitutional. Let me ask do you think on his present hold off executive action, do think it would give congress more time an move forward on fixing immigration system that both hill on captil hill is a broken system. It is a broken system, but letting illegals and is not a way to fix it. The south american immigrants, the Central American they are not bringing things with them. We are setting ourselves up for some really horrific things to be happening in this country by letting people like this into the country. Of heres the front page todays Washington Post, the budget may be the gops weapon. Congressional republican said on friday that they might create a series of showdowns the funding of government to force president obama to back down. As to whether the conflict would have any effect on the thinking, the white house referred to the comments of the president made on friday. Obama said that he stands by statement that if congress failed to act, i would use all Lawful Authority that i possess to try and make the system work better. Republicans who spoke yesterday talking about the president s plan to act unilaterally. What republicans have been planning to say iis that we see the president not do whatever he is planning on doing and work with us. We want him to challenge us. Work together with him, but the American People confidence in e the actions that the house and the senate takes. And the president. Is not go sent action unilaterally, he is risking it will cause chaos, to cause rush to the border that we have already been through. It creates uncertainty. We, the ll you that republican congress, are going with a great bill in the new term, aand were going to work carefully with groups and the American People to we need to have an immigration bill that would be against worker plan, that would involve the American People understanding and having confidence. And heres one other comment on capitol blican hill yesterday, reported in the hill newspaper. Reporting that the president s action would be angry and defined the voters. It would be unconstitutional and be defiant of if obama goes through the plan, congress do everything humanly possible to stop them. Your thoughts ar thoughts ing should this morning should the president move forward without congress . Ggood morning, kathy from louisiana. Kathy, are you there . Yes, sir. Go ahead. Good morning, sir. Okay. Do you want to chat, or are we waiting for kathy to come back . Well go to joe waiting on aligning connecticut. Joe, good morning. Good morning. Go ahead, joe. It is not about politics, it is not about immigrants. We dont need this. Im an unemployed man and have been looking for work for eight months. I cannot find work. All of our jobs are taken. It is not fair, he needs to leave the people where they are and focus on the American People. So, joe, what would be the plan . To work its way through and conversation ss with the congress on their bill . I think congress should be the one to do it. We need to stop immigration. 90 of the money they make, it is sent back to them. We have people here who are poor, have no money, have no food. This is what obama needs to do, stop immigration. So, joe, you would allow no immigration . The people who want to come here and work, pay the taxes, do what they are supposed to do, that is fine. Now any average person goes out nine ook for a job at dollars an hour. On 15 an hour. Times, we have to worry about america now. They are killing the american workforce. The rich people want them here because they dont have to pay insurance for them, they dont pay taxes on them. Lets just up the immigration. Okay, on our twitter feed we played a clip and read you a quote. Here is House Minority leader pelosi speaking on thursday, here on immigration. On the subject of immigration, today, later today, well have the press conference with some members who are urging the president to use his executive authority to improve the situation. I we had this conversation again call d i will ed that we ion to an wrote, saying that not only president have the all the to act, but nixon, before carter, reagan, reagan, reagan on a number of occasions, president clinton, george w. Bush all of them have taken executive actions. I refer to, again, as president s before him, obama has authority to act. I joined them on this. Over 100 senators today, bbut they are calling upon members to join them in president to take action. And a few tweets from members of congress. This congressman gutierrez, at that meeting that nancy pelosi in that press out conference a picture from a meeting later that day. House dems call on the president to act boldly on immigration. 115 a letter asking for executive action soon. Senator orrin hatch there is a viable pass to meaningful reform, but it senator orrin hatch there is a viable pass to meaningful reform, but it does not begin with executive amnesty is history from earlier this week. Congress has the power of the purse. Should use it to stop president obamas amnesty plans. And finally, pete olson, a republican in texas i will not allow this president to disregard the will of our people and the laws of our nation is what he writes on his twitter page. Just a few notes from members of congress who have been very outspoken, and we expect will be in the coming weeks if and when the president moves forward. Getting your thoughts, should the president move forward . Jim in georgia, you are next on our line for republicans. Good morning, i love cspan. I appreciate it. What kills me about this whole situation we are the only country in the world that looks like we are not expected to enforce laws that are arty already on the books then we have a marine who makes a wrong turning its brutalized in a mexican jail. We have the president who just cant understand ramifications of an election his pile cleaned a term in the south. I mean, he is so arrogant. Who made pharaoh barack the first pharaoh . He aint no king. The congress should rule by congressional Constitutional Authority with the assistance of the chief executive officer. I think that is set up. To ean, he would not be able get on there without a congressional doctrine. If he does what he thinks is going to do. Okay, that is jim in franklin, tennessee. For lines new york for democrats. Good morning, i am a uaw from upstate new york. John, you are a wonderful to the washington journal. We should recall history with president kennedy in 1962 a president ial order that gave workers the right to bargain collectively and form unions. So the president does have authority. I appreciate it and thank you for your time. Ralph in new york unaligned for democrats. Her twitter page obama is angry and childish and wont work with Congress Unless they do it all his way. He wishes to provoke them to overreach. Carol, you may be interested in newmans column today the lowliest president since nixon is what she writes. You dont bbegin a new relationship with the threat, but that is what he gave congress. Get me an immigration bill i like, or all change uS Immigration law on my own. Mr. Obama is doing what he knows how to do, stared down and face them off. He is to be a conquering hero, now he is not. On the other hand, now he used about public support. She writes that the last time the president so alone was Richard Nixon when the democrats had turned on him, him, and the ed republicans were fleeing. Lets go to milan waiting in chicago, illinois unaligned for republicans. Good morning. I told the screener, i have a simple solution for the immigration problem for the illegal immigration problem. You wont get them all, but youre going to get a lot of them. Know who started it, i heard it and it made all the sense in the world. That is, self deportation. Anyone e it illegal for to hire them. Illegal for them to get drivers licenses. Illegal, even, maybe, for even rent to them. They will go back where they can get something, rather than stay here. After that, he will not have that problem deport them at every chance you get. Your answer is deportation, and by cracking down, you think over what 11 million the estimated number of Illegal Immigrants in this country wwill just leave . A lot of them will. I wont say most, a lot of them well. That will leave us with a lot less to have to deport. Because it would cost so employ so many people to do the deportations. Least half of them by self deportation. By the nt work way, they are taking jobs from americans. I know they are. Theyve taken work for me. And in terms of some of the numbers and what the president looking at, 650,000 children and people who have lived in the country for 10 years or more. Sure. They got here legally, that is the whole point. You want to put them at the end of the line . Go ahead. The end of the line is in the country of origin, not here. They get to have what the people are waiting in line for in their countries. It all the enjoy time all the time they are waiting for whatever chances theyre going to get. No. Okay, the Research Center research divide on immigration. Of should the most immigrants be deported to the country with they came from . 74 of republicans agree with just 23 of osed to democrats. Should they be offered a chance apply for legal status . Just 34 of republicans. Talking about the partisan divide on this issue of immigration, we want to get your thoughts. We have about 15 minutes left in the segment of the washington journal. John is waiting on our line for republicans in rochester, new york. John, good morning to you as well. Hello . Go ahead, john. I think i just told the call screener that i think the most dent should definitely move forward. But probably, it will be a week this thursday and do it on thanksgiving because that is, you know, the american experience. Take down that plaque or that, about giving us your tired john, let me ask you. Go ahead, john, i didnt mean to cut you off. Just my two cents. John boehner had said that president obama would poison the well if he moved forward with his actions. Do think the president should heed mr. Boehners call . He says that congress could move forward with the bill if the president would just wait. Well, in my opinion you the president just exercises his function of the branch of government, wwhich is he is the president and what is next . Is a matter of how we are going to get this thing to work, and, you know just like you guys are saying in town there, it is not pretty they make the song, but, you know, you have to do what you have to do. Its the american way. The front page story in New York Times today reshaping immigration.