{"id":428,"date":"2012-06-16T16:25:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T22:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2026-08-15T23:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:19:15","slug":"the-dream-is-on-obama-to-grant-deferred-action-and-work-authorization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"The DREAM is on!  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