Rubio Aide: Obama Admin Did Not Seek Our Input On DREAM Announcement

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An aide to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who has been working on a scaled-back DREAM Act, tells TPM the Obama administration did not consult him ahead of its Friday announcement that it will seek to halt deportation of some young illegal immigrants and grant work visas.

The aide emails:

[W]e’re looking into it. We first heard about it this morning. [T]hey didn’t ask us for any input despite all the work we’ve done on the issue

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