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Iowa DREAMer Responds to President Obama's Announcement on Immigration

Justin Valas

The President's order to protect five million undocumented immigrants from deportation has been welcomed by some, condemned by others.

This hour, we get a reaction from one Iowa DREAMer.

"It seemed like something was being lifted off our shoulders," says Monica.

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Ben Kieffer talks with Iowa DREAMer, Monica, about the President's plans for undocumented immigrants

Also on the show: host Ben Kieffer talks with an Iowa National Guard major whose unit will likely be deployed to West Africa to help in the effort against Ebola, learns how the cold snap has complicated the harvest, and talks with Iowan Jake Browne, now a pot critic for the Denver Post.

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River