Even as the House readies for a DREAM vote this week, Mike Lillis' latest piece on DREAM in The Hill paints a stark picture of the challenges the DREAM Act faces to garner conservative backers in the Senate. Lillis describes Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's recent complaints about the bill:
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Today, Ohio Evangelical leaders came together to show their support for a talented young DREAM Act - elible man currently at risk of deportation. His name is Bernard Pastor, and he has been in detention for weeks now, as members of his church, school, and community rally their voices...
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The fringe anti-immigration group ALIPAC is back at it this week. Their President, William Gheen, went on Fox News recently to claim that the Dream Act was a "political teddy bear with a hand grenade in it." Wow. As usual, extreme groups are making extreme statements with little basis...
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This just in -- a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of the DREAM Act shows that the legislation would increase revenues by $2.3 billion in the 2011-2020 period. After accounting for spending:
CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the bill would reduce deficits by about $1.4 billion over...
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Yesterday, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said that the Democrats are playing politics with the immigration issue "promising things that they're never going to deliver, knowing they're not going to deliver"—apparently referencing the upcoming DREAM Act debate in Congress. Let's rewind a little.
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Last night, in an effort to garner bipartisan support - and get this thing passed - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced a new version of the DREAM Act bill. The new version makes compromises in response to the complaints many (mostly Republican) Senators had about the original bill....
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Nov 29, 2010
Cecilia Munoz, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, is scheduled to host a live, streaming online discussion on the DREAM Act beginning at around 3:00 pm EST on Monday, November 29.
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Did you slip into a turkey coma last week? This should get you up to speed, with a vote on the DREAM Act rapidly approaching. Prominent conservative voices are increasingly speaking up for the DREAM Act, even as the popular measure continues to weather attacks by certain hardline Senators....
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Over the weekend, one of Illinois' most respected Republican voices, former Governor Jim Edgar, penned an op-ed in support of the DREAM Act. Also, check out the new video project called "Illinois Dreams Together," in which participants around the state send a video message to Illinois Senator Mark Kirk...
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Nov 25, 2010
Check out this great Turkey-day post from the folks at Immigration Impact, about how to approach the topic of immigration reform with loved ones, friends, and your crazy uncle Joey (everyone's got one).
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