A group of Southern California immigration reform advocates gathered at LA City Hall Friday to watch a landmark speech from President Barack Obama.
The speech was streamed to a meeting room from Las Vegas for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, where Obama outlined the details of his recent executive order to give nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants protection from deportation.
The Coalition has advocated for the rights of undocumented immigrants and some members of the group went to Las Vegas to see the speech live.
The immmigant community has mostly -- though not entirely -- cheered the news that Obama won't pursue deportations for the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and legal residents if the parents have resided in the U.S. for at least five years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
