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    Deferred Deportation: Dream Act Lite or Political Ploy?

    Thousands may be lining up, but President Obama's "modified Dream Act" may be less than it seems to illegal immigrants brought here as children and raised as Americans.

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 17, 2012 • 51m Listen

    They may be lining up by the thousands, but President Obama's so-called "modified Dream Act" may be less than it seems to young illegal immigrants brought here as children and raised as Americans. Is it good politics or a source of increased confusion? Also, members of Pussy Riot are sentenced to two years for protesting Putin, and the Obama campaign offers a limit on demands for Mitt Romney's tax returns.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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