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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Dream Act Temporarily Defeated Again - Dems vow to aid 1 million illegal aliens
by Michelle Mittelstandt: The prospects for immediate Senate action on the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigratants (aliens), disappeared Wednesday amid Republican opposition. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pledged that senators would vote on the the measure, which is strongly opposed by anti-illegal immigration groups, before the Senate finishes its work for the year in mid-November. "All who care about this matter should know that we will move to proceed to this matter before we leave here," he said. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., had sought to attach the DREAM Act to the defense authorization bill. But Reid announced Wednesday night that Democrats were shelving the effort because of difficulties getting past legislative roadblocks." . . .
With conservatives being barraged with calls, faxes and e-mails from anti-illegal immigration groups that view the DREAM Act as amnesty, some Republicans who supported the measure in the past have been reluctant to do so now. Durbin needed 60 votes to surmount an expected filibuster. Some Senate Republicans, including Texans Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, objected to the measure being brought up on a defense bill . . . [Read More]
ARRA Comment: Republicans and other are opposed to granting citizenship and in-state tuition to students who are illegal aliens are opposed to this bill. Some are willing to allow portions of the bill to proceed where the illegal aliens student has served honorably in the US Military. See also:Reid pulls the DREAM Act out of DoD bill Tags:Dream Act, illegal aliens, illegal immigrationTo share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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