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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.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThey 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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3 storiesPussy Riot Sentenced to Two Years for Protesting Putin
Three young Russian women, members of the punk rock group Pussy Riot, have been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of committing what a judge called "a flagrant violation of social order" and "manifest disrespect to society." Courtney Weaver, Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times , picks up the story.
Read the story8 minIs the DREAM Act Becoming a Nightmare?
Thousands of undocumented young people are lining up this week for President Obama's substitute for the "DREAM Act," which was rejected by Congress. But all it does is defer deportation for two years, and nobody knows what will happen next. Will applicants have to reveal information that could be used against them or their parents?
Read the story37 minIs the Tax Code a Gift that Romney Wants to Hide?
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Mitt Romney's father all released many years' worth of their income tax returns and nobody found anything wrong. Yesterday, Romney said he never paid less than 13 percent in federal income taxes, but insists that two years is the limit.
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