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Are you kidding me? The immigration law specifically requires application from OUTSIDE the US except for very narrowly defined refugee and asylum seekers. Obama does not like that law so he is changing the very meaning of the law to "laser focus" on areas that have no basis in the immigration law as written. Prosecutorial discretion is far different than changing immigration law; not arresting an unlicensed driver is far different than giving them a license.
The immigration laws also specifically grant the President, the AG, and the Sec'y of HHS broad powers to exempt immigrants from deportation and allow them to work in the US. It requires no change to the text or the meaning of any laws in order for them to do so.
Gaius has even linked to the very laws which grant the executive branch those powers.