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Is the dream finally over?

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800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children are now in limbo.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says Barack Obama signed an illegal order protecting so-called dreamers from deportation,

and President Trump will end it.

There will be six months for Congress to legalize the program called DACA if it chooses.

Nobody's saying what might happen if the House and the Senate failed to act.

We'll hear why DACA's being killed and the chances that it'll be revived.

Also today, recovery from Harvey will require a decade or more of federal assistance

jeopardizing the rugged individualism of the lone star state. First,

here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney. Back with To the Point. The Lone Star State got its name from a history of rugged individualism and independence from federal rules and regulations.

In the aftermath of Harvey, that self-reliance in Texas may be a thing of the past. That's a second half of today's program.

First, this news update, President Trump tweeted today, Congress, get ready to do your job,

DACA. That was just before Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Barack Obama's deferred action for

childhood arrivals is illegal and will be rescinded. But Sessions said this about the Department of Homeland Security.

This will enable the Department of Homeland Security to conduct an orderly change

and fulfill the desire of this administration to create a time period for Congress to act

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