Senate hopeful Kirkpatrick tells Hispanics she backs Dream Act

U.S. Senate hopeful Ann Kirkpatrick told a group of Hispanic activists that the Dream Act is one of the main pillars of her political platform.

“We’ve got to get that done. We can’t have a strong, diverse and stable economy without having that done. One of the reasons I ran for Congress was to do that,” Kirkpatrick said during a roundtable meeting in Tempe recently.

“In the State Legislature, they were trying to put some patchwork bills to address some of my concerns. There has to be a better solution” she added.

Responding to an activist who said that she was “dismayed” at how certain leaders have approached the immigration issue, Kirkpatrick said it is important to hear immigrants’ stories.

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