Cory Gardner, Michael Bennet Cosponsor Bipartisan Bill To Protect Young Immigrants

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, said Tuesday he’s signing on with his Democratic counterpart Michael Bennet to co-sponsor bipartisan legislation that would protect immigrants who entered the country illegally as children from deportation and offer them a path to citizenship if they meet certain conditions. Gardner and Bennet declared their support for the DREAM Act of 2017 hours after the Trump administration announced plans to phase out an Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette