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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Help for Dreamers Tied to Immigration Reform

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Help for Dreamers Tied to Immigration Reform

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President Trump has voided the executive order issued by President Obama that protected “dreamers,” children brought to the US at a young age from being deported. The President gave Congress six months to come up with some type of legislation.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says there isn’t any bill now with enough support to pass……

Rounds says any bill dealing with the dreamers should be contained in overall immigration reform……

Rounds says Congress will have to act, at some point….

The six-month time line has pushed the issue far down the Congressional agenda.

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