Weekly Address: Immigration Accountability Executive Action

In this week’s address, the President laid out the steps he took this past week to fix our broken immigration system. Enacted within his legal authority, the President’s plan focuses on cracking down on illegal immigration at the border; deporting felons, not families; and accountability through criminal background checks and taxes. These are commonsense steps, but only Congress can finish the job.

As the President acts, he’ll continue to work with Congress on a comprehensive, bipartisan bill -- like the one passed by the Senate more than a year ago -- that can replace these actions and fix the whole system.

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"We Were Strangers Once, Too"

In his address to the nation on Thursday night, President Obama announced new executive actions to help fix America's broken immigration system.

Since the founding of our nation, we've weaved a tradition of welcoming immigrants into the very fabric of who we are. It's what keeps us dynamic, entrepreneurial, and uniquely American. And as the President made clear last night, America is -- and always will be -- a nation of immigrants.

"Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger -- we were strangers once, too," the President said. "My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too."

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Helping America's Communities Prepare for Climate Change

Last week, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced historic actions to reduce carbon pollution in the United States and China. And on Monday, we announced important steps that we're taking here at home to help communities respond to and prepare for a changing climate.

The Administration has developed the Climate Resilience Toolkit -- a website that provides centralized, authoritative, easy-to-use information and tools.

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Time to #GetCovered

As the temperature starts to decline, the snow starts to fall, and the kitchen soon fills with seasonal flavors, we know the holiday season is just around the corner. So this season, give the gift of health. Remind your friends and loved ones to sign up for health insurance on HealthCare.gov.

Open enrollment started on November 15, and if you want to be covered in 2015, you have to sign up before February 15. Right now, you can browse health care plans and price options in your state at HealthCare.gov/see-plans.

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