Dec 18, 2010
This morning, in a procedural vote requiring 60 votes to advance the legislation, the U.S. Senate voted for the DREAM Act by a 55-41 margin, effectively shutting the doors of opportunity to thousands of bright and talented young people who grew up in America and wanted to give back...
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There's bad news in the offing for America's political immigrant bashers, beyond even the fact that the most egregious among those who sought to make hay by blasting newcomers in last fall's elections all lost.
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The Senate blocked on Saturday a vote on the DREAM Act which would have provided children of illegal immigrants a conditional pathway to apply for citizenship.
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WASHINGTON – Ayer en la noche, el líder de la mayoría demócrata del Senado, Harry Reid, presentó la moción para cerrar el debate en torno al proyecto DREAM Act dando paso a un voto mañana sábado. Ese voto determinará si el DREAM Act se convierte en ley este año...
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With a Saturday vote on the DREAM Act looming, Latino, labor and community leaders hosted a telephonic press conference today to call on senators from both parties to support the DREAM Act. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture on the bill, setting up a Saturday...
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Today's ad features Alina Cortes who "has always put Republican leaders on a pedestal." Her plea for them to vote for DREAM echoes the growing number of conservative leaders who have raised their voices in recent weeks.
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Today, leaders of organizations that mobilize Latino and new American voters emphasized on a press call how real immigration reform like DREAM has become a litmus test issue for these voters, and how tomorrow's vote on the DREAM Act will be a moment of truth for each and every...
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Today, America's Voice, Center for American Progress Action Fund, the National Immigration Law Center and the American Immigration Lawyers Association released the second in a series of ads, this time in Politico and CQ Today, urging Senate Republicans to do the right thing and vote for the DREAM Act....
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The U.S. Senate will vote on the DREAM Act Saturday morning. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid put the DREAM Act on the Senate floor and filed cloture on the bill, setting up a Saturday vote that will determine whether the DREAM Act becomes law this year,...
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