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5 Questions For: Immigration advocate Benita Veliz, on being a DREAMer and nearly being deported
The day after her appearance at the convention, Benita Veliz wanted to be clear: not everyone who gets deported is a DREAMer. “Not everyone who is in removal proceedings should be allowed to stay in the United States,” the DREAM Act advocate at a press conference Thursday. “I was put…
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