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Dreamers need to take some responsibility

AP

With President Trump ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals after a six-month delay, the “Dreamers” are upset, and rightly so. But most of them have been here for years.

My question for them is if they want the American dream, why have they not applied for citizenship?

Jim Clark

Columbia

This story was originally published September 14, 2017 at 3:58 PM with the headline "Dreamers need to take some responsibility."

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