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DREAMers urge Blumenthal to oppose Sessions nomination

A group created in part by a Danbury woman is speaking out against the President-elect's Attorney General nominee.  Connecticut Students for a Dream have urged Judiciary Committee member Senator Richard Blumenthal to question Senator Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing.  The organization's Policy Coordinator, Camila Bortolleto says Sessions is a staunch foe to immigrant rights.  The DREAM Act,  Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, allows certain undocumented immigrants who entered the country as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility.  Bortolleto says she is a beneficiary of the DREAM Act and says Sessions epitomizes what the immigrant community fears in the upcoming Trump administration.