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Virginia Senate approves bill to allow DACA recipients to become police officers

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Jemny Marquinez, 24, has lived in the U.S. since the age of 3, when her family moved here from El Salvador. She has the right qualifications, including a bachelor's degree in criminology, but cannot work as a police officer. A bill approved by the state Senate would change that by allowing recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act.

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Virginia Senate approves bill to allow DACA recipients to become police officers

The Virginia Senate has approved a bill that would allow some immigrants who have lived in the U.S. since they were young children to work as police officers or sheriff's deputies in the state. The bill passed by the Senate…

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