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Romney Will Honor Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Tonight will be the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.  The debate will be held in Denver, Colorado, a state that has a high percentage of Latino voters. In adv ance of this debate, it is no surprise then that Governor Romney on  Monday   stated that he would honor the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy that President Obama announced on June 15, 2012:   "T he people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, which is a two-year visa, should expect that the visa would continue to be valid. I'm not going to take something that they've purchased," Romney said. "Before those visas have expired we will have the full immigration reform plan that I've proposed." I mention this news development because many in the immigration community have expressed a fear that Romney as president would revok e the policy and lead to a policy of deporting thousands, if not hundre...