William Gheen in Washington Times 3/10/17

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A scholar and an accused killer: A tale of two Dreamers

Oliver Funes Machada, 18, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing and decapitating of his mother. Authorities say he is in the U.S. illegally, and federal agents want to pick him up for deportation if he is released from jail. (Associated Press)
Oliver Funes Machada, 18, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing and decapitating of his mother. Authorities say he is in the U.S. illegally, and federal agents want to pick him up for deportation if he is released from … more >
By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times – Thursday, March 9, 2017

One is a popular student at a local university, the poster boy — literally — for the Golden Door Scholars program. The other stands accused of beheading his mother this week, in a grisly crime that has captured attention around the globe.

Both of them are young illegal immigrants in North Carolina who became Dreamers under President Obama’s 2012 deportation amnesty.

And this week, both of them became the faces of the two poles of the immigration debate.

The National Immigration Forum’s Bibles, Badges and Business network has begun running a web video in North Carolina featuring Jose Contreras, who by all accounts is a model student at Queens University in Charlotte, which he attends as part of a scholarship program designed specifically to give illegal immigrants a chance to go to college.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/9/dreamers-debate-has-success-stories-tales-of-failu/