 obama plans to protect up to 5m from deportation despite republican warnings that moving forward unilaterally with immigration will poison the well president obama plans to overhaul the country s immigration enforcement system protecting up to 5 million illegals from deportation can we draw any broad conclusions from this about how the president intends to deal with the republicancontrolled congress will the republicans be able to come up with a strategy to move the nation forward anyway time will tell for the immigration story see  wwwcnbccom id 102132231  obama plans protect from deportation  