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Dick Durbin: “The DREAM Act is not blanket amnesty.”

On the recordApril 23, 2012
The DREAM Act is not blanket amnesty.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin defends the DREAM Act against claims of it being blanket amnesty.

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