President Obama gave about a 10-minute speech to the nation on Thursday night to announce he will not wait for Congress to pass immigration reform. Instead, the President announced he will issue an executive order and make changes on his own.

Here are a few highlights of what the President announced:

• Protection of up to 5 million immigrants in the United States illegally.
• Around 3.7 million of those will be parents of immigrants already in the U.S. legally.
• Protection for more immigrants brought to the country as children by expanding the 2012 deferred action program.
• Protection for three years by issuing work visas.
• Shift in border security by ordering federal enforcement to focus on immigrant ties to gang activity or terrorism and other criminal activity.
• An expansion of high-tech work visas for immigrants.

The President’s announcement will likely anger Republican colleagues who are set to control both chambers of Congress in January.

Read the full story with excerpts from the President’s speech and reaction from ISU College Democrats and Republicans under the news section of the Daily’s website.