Undocumented 6-Year-Old Arrested: Where Is the Dream in That Act?

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http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/06/18/undocumented-6-year-old-arrested-where-dream-act

President Obama announced this past Friday that he was granting a limited window of opportunity for some undocumented immigrants to obtain work permits and take a step toward increasing their productivity as American residents.

The window of opportunity would open for two years, but only for those undocumented U.S. residents who would be eligible to pursue citizenship under the federal DREAM act, were that package of immigration reform ever to be enacted.

Feel safe to assume that Obama granted the election year reprieve expecting ripple effects out beyond his basic voter base. After all, immigration is among the more politicized issues in the current U.S. yellersphere.

However, the president probably did not anticipate the swift reactionary zeal of Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio. On the same day that Obama trumpeted his reprieve for a DREAM, deputies from Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Office arrested a 6-year-old girl as a “suspected illegal immigrant.”