North Carolina’s new driver licenses would make DREAMers second-class residents.
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On Monday, top Republicans were anti-DREAM. On Wednesday, they suddenly want immigration reform.
That was a fast evolution, and it happened to be right after Latinos overwhelmingly backed Obama.
Watch It:
Don’t watch if you get motion sickness.
But it’s really cool: The line to apply yesterday for deferred deportation in Chicago, in 126 seconds.
TODAY: Applications begin for DREAM-eligible youth to be protected from deportation.
What deferred action means for young undocumented immigrants, and the country:
As many as 1.7 million DREAMers could benefit from this new policy.
The roughly one million undocumented students can now help fill the US shortfall of 16 million college-educated workers expected in 2025.
Among the prospective beneficiaries who are over 15 years of age, almost 60 percent are already working in the U.S.
This will reduce federal deficits by an estimated $2.2 billion in the next ten years.
BEGINNING TODAY: Obama’s deferred action policy that will protect up to 1.7 million undocumented immigrant youth from deportation.
Above, 12,000 DREAMers waited to get their applications at the Navy Pier in Chicago.
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You heard it!
BEGINNING TODAY: Obama’s deferred action policy that will protect up to 1.7 million undocumented immigrant youth from deportation.
Above, 12,000 DREAMers waited to get their applications at the Navy Pier in Chicago.
