Mexico's foreign minister meets with undocumented students in East LA

Mexico's minister of foreign affairs visited Los Angeles on Friday to talk about U.S.-Mexico relations and meet with some local undocumented students.

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (KABC) -- Mexico's minister of foreign affairs visited Los Angeles on Friday to talk about U.S.-Mexico relations and meet with some local undocumented students.

Claudia Ruiz Massieu met with "dreamer" students - named after the immigration reform proposal the DREAM Act - at East Los Angeles College.
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Many in the room are able to stay in the United States under a policy called DACA - the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - which allows some undocumented immigrants who entered the country under age 16 to remain an dobtain work permits and exemptions from deportations.
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"That's certainly an opportunity for them to keep on not only being more productive, more integrated, but also to realize they have this enormous potential and enormous talent," Massieu said.