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Durbin bringing a local medical student “Dreamer” to the State of the Union address
Senator Dick Durbin is bringing a Loyola University Chicago medical student who’s also a “Dreamer” to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Cesar Montelongo Hernandez, a beneficiary of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, will attend the speech with Durbin Monday evening. “This young person who is going to be my guest runs the risk of seeing an end to their medical education because of the end of DACA. They won’t be able to pursue a residency at any hospital” Durbin said. “So we’ll lose a doctor. For what? For what?” Durbin decided against boycotting the speech, unlike some of his fellow Democrats, because he wants to be part of a “good bipartisan answer” to the immigration debate. [Sun-Times]
