Back in the United States, three DREAMers are expected to be released from jail after spending five days on a hunger strike, after they held a sit-in at the offices of Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Republican Congressmember Carlos Curbelo of Florida. The activists were demanding the lawmakers commit to voting “no” on a spending bill this month unless it includes a version of the so-called clean DREAM Act without concessions on funding for the border wall or enhanced border security. Five others who were arrested remain in jail, and four of them face possible deportation.
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