High rate of approval (97%) for ‘dreamers’ vexes critics of immigration reform

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/16/high-rate-of-approval-for-dreamers-vexes-critics-o/

by Stephen Dinan
February 17, 2014

The test run for immigration legalization — the 2012 program to grant tentative legal status to young illegal immigrants — has exposed some serious problems that likely would need to be solved if Congress approves a broad immigration reform bill creating a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 12 million in the country illegally.

From exceptionally high approval rates — 97 percent of all applicants have been given legal status — to accusations that the government gave the illegal immigrants’ applications priority over those of legal immigrants, the trial run shows some of the difficulties in administering any legalization.


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