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WNNU to Continue to Recruit DACA Students Despite Ruling

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A college in western New Mexico says it will continue to recruit immigrant students living in the country illegally despite Thursday's Supreme Court ruling. Western New Mexico University spokesman Abe Villarreal says the school will remain "an open, accepting university" to all students who went to attend the college. The Silver City, New Mexico school has drawn national attention for openly recruiting immigrant students living in the country illegally known as DREAMers. The university touts on its website that such students were welcome to attend and has targeted similar students living in Arizona and Texas. Villarreal says the ruling doesn't affect the school's efforts. A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation.