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Masses yearning to breathe free

Video: TRMS coverage Wednesday night
Immigrants seated on long benches, Main Hall, U.S. Immigration Station. The 46-star American flag hanging from the balcony indicates that this photograph was taken between 1907 and 1912.
Immigrants seated on long benches, Main Hall, U.S. Immigration Station. The 46-star American flag hanging from the balcony indicates that this photograph was taken between 1907 and 1912.
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.
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.
The pens at Ellis Island, main hall. These people have passed the first mental inspection.
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...
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.

Video: TRMS coverage Wednesday night