President Barack Obama’s announcement Thursday night that he would act unilaterally to allow about 5 million undocumented immigrants to work legally in the United States without fear of deportation was met with both personal and political responses in Hall County and across the state and nation. In Gainesville, Latino students, professionals and activists gathered Thursday at El Sombrero restaurant on Browns Bridge Road to watch the announcement on live television. The group had been given a preview of Obama’s speech, but the news didn’t hit home until after the president concluded his address.