President Obama–lambasting the Tea Party intransigence on immigration reform–announced today a new effort to fix the immigration system using his executive powers. Here’s the latest from CNN:

According to the official, Obama will order a shift in security resources to border regions and call for additional action he can take “without Congress but within his existing authorities to fix as much of our broken immigration system as we can.”

The President also sent Congress a letter asking that legislators work with him on providing additional money and leeway to deal with the situation on the southern border.

On Sunday, an administration official told CNN the money will go to securing appropriate space for the detention of children but also stemming the tide of immigrants.

The government hopes to increase its ability to investigate and dismantle smuggling organizations as well as quickly return children and adults to their home countries if they do not qualify for asylum, according to that official.