Masses yearning to breathe free

Aug. 17, 2012, 1:11 AM EDT

By MS NOW

People fill out application forms for the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 at Navy Pier in Chicago. AP

The pens at Ellis Island, main hall. These people have passed the first mental inspection.

People fill the hall of St. Mary’s Church attending an orientation workshop and legal clinic for potential deferred action applicants, on New York’s Lower East Side, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants scrambled to get papers in order Wednesday as the U.S. started accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get a work permit under a new government program. AP

Video: TRMS coverage Wednesday night

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Masses yearning to breathe free

Masses yearning to breathe free