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Immigrants have ‘fraud loophole’: Lawmakers

By Susan Ferrechio
Published August 29, 2014 5:59pm ET
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Immigrants have ‘fraud loophole’: Lawmakers
Obama authorized the DACA program though executive action in 2012. It allows many young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to avoid deportation and obtain work permits, as long as they meet certain requirements. (AP Photo) | J Pat Carter

Two top GOP lawmakers Friday sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, accusing the Obama administration of creating a “fraud loophole” for young people brought to the U.S. illegally.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and his Senate counterpart, Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said the administration “quietly made several changes” this summer to its Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.

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