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Mitt Romney: “The dreamers ought to be given legal status, not a special…”

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MITT ROMNEY vs MIKE KENNEDY In Utah U.S. Senate Primary Debate

Published | Video Starts at 33:23

The President proposed resolving it back in January. The Democrats agreed, the Republicans agreed. How come we can't get people together and get this resolved? In my view, as the President proposed, The dreamers ought to be given legal status, not a special pathway to citizenship, but they ought to have the opportunity to get in line like everybody else if they want to become a citizen. But not sending them outside the country with by being deported. That's the President's view at least as expressed in January. It's something I support. (33:23–33:34)

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Supports granting legal status to Dreamers without a special citizenship pathway.

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