The results of the most recent election have changed the conversation around immigration reform. With more than 70 percent of Latino voters backing President Obama's re-election--highlighting his stance on immigration issues as a key reason for their support—and calls from Republican Party leaders for a renewed focus on immigration reform, opportunities for positive change in the US’s immigration system abound in 2013. The Star Tribune asked ILCM Executive Director John Keller for his predictions for the upcoming year. Keller focused on “DREAMers,” immigrants brought to the US as children, citing their involvement in the creation of the Deferred Action status last June.  "If the DREAMers stay united and expand what they're asking for to include their families and their parents and their big brothers and their sisters, we will get comprehensive immigration reform,” said Keller.

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