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The Obama administration has decided to drop deportation proceedings for “some” illegal immigrants and give them work visas instead.
 
That “some” is a big question. They include both illegal immigrants in deportation hearings and those who are known as DREAMers. The numbers range between 200,000 to two million, depending on the advocacy organization doing the spinning. Who are these illegal immigrants dreaming of soon-to-be legalization and work visas, and how many are there really?
 
There are presently some 300,000 illegal immigrants at some stage in the deportation process. The prosecutorial discretion now being granted would free (supposedly on a case-to-case basis) all but those convicted of the most violent crimes â€" some estimate 80-90 percent of the total. Hence, over 250,000 of those illegal immigrants would be freed and given work visas.
 
DREAMers is the term used by the National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) president ! Janet Murguia, for illegal immigrants who would qualify for a pathway to citizenship under the yet-to-be-passed DREAM Act legislation.  They number well over one million.   

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