Former DACA recipient to attend state of the union address

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Host Marco Werman speaks with Marco Villada, a former DACA recipient who will attend the State of the Union Address on Tuesday as a guest of California Rep. Lou Correa. Villada was stranded in Mexico and separated from his husband for half a year after he left the US on the premise of becoming an American citizen. He was reunited with his husband in June of last year.

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