Obama's day: A trip to Chicago

President Obama continues a busy Thanksgiving week Tuesday by flying to Chicago for an immigration speech.

Obama's latest effort to promote his new immigration policy comes a day after he announced the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and called for calm in Ferguson, Mo., after a grand jury declined to indict a white police officer for the shooting death of an African-American teenager.

The Chicago speech also comes less than a week after Obama announced new executive actions that would shield up to 5 million people from deportation.

In his speech at Copernicus Community Center in Chicago, Obama is expected to stress the economic benefits of his plan, with an emphasis on immigrant-owned businesses. He plans to again call on Congress to pass an overall immigration bill.

Before leaving for Chicago in the early afternoon, Obama has a string of morning meetings with advisers, including one with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell.

Obama and aides may also discuss the search for a new defense secretary, and how to address the unrest in Ferguson.

After his speech in Chicago, Obama returns to Washington, D.C.