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    Romney Reacts to Obama's Immigration Order

    Last Friday, President Obama announced a kind of modified Dream Act. The government will no longer deport as many as 800,000 immigrants who can prove they were brought to the US before they were 16, have been here for at least five years and are under 30. Was the President's order a transparent grab for the Latino vote?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Last Friday, President Obama announced a kind of modified Dream Act. The government will no longer deport as many as 800,000 immigrants who can prove they were brought to the US before they were 16, have been here for at least five years and are under 30. Was the President's order a transparent grab for the Latino vote? Did it put Mitt Romney in a politically awkward position?

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