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Dream Act Paperwork Could Be Test Run for Immigration Reform

Last year the Obama administration passed Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – known as the Dream Act. It gave immigrants who came to the United States as children a path to citizenship. Iowa Public Radio’s Sandhya Dirks reports that as immigration reform looms on the horizon, many activists see the dream act as a test run.