Dec 17, 2010
The December 2010 DREAM Act debate in the House got really ugly really quick, with Reps. Steve King (R-IA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), and others associating DREAM students with coyotes, drug smugglers, and murderers, and labeling the bill an "affirmative action amnesty." Their lies about the DREAM Act will...
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Majority Leader Harry Reid announced late last night that the Senate will vote on the DREAM Act tomorrow morning! Now, we have less than 24 hours to persuade a handful of Senators to stop wavering and support the DREAM. Call now, and we'll connect you to a Senator still...
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Many talented young men and women who consider themselves American in every way are eager to serve America by either continuing their education and investing in our economy, or protecting our nation by serving in the military. The DREAM Act would provide them with this opportunity. Following is a...
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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, and whether thousands of bright and talented young people who grew up...
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Majority Leader Reid filed cloture on the DREAM Act tonight, setting DREAM up for a Saturday vote.
Barbara Morrill at Daily Kos urges readers to keep up pressure on key Democratic votes.
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Rev. Mark Gonzales, "This is more than a political issue. This is more than a partisan issue...This is something we believe is in the best interests of our country and our next generation of leaders."
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If the focus is on the young people themselves, the case for the Dream Act is impenetrable. They have been brought up in this country...the evidence is unequivocal: those with two years of college or military training pay their own way in life.
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Speaking on the Senate floor in 2007 about a virtually identical bill, she said: "This is such an important piece of legislation, and I do think this is isolated from the entire immigration issue because there . . . are young people who have been brought to this country...
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For Latinos, the Senate vote is a litmus test of sorts. Senators will have to decide if they stand with the Latino community or against it. Even ultraconservative columnist and former Reagan administration official Linda Chávez believes it would be a huge mistake for the GOP to vote against...
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In pulling the spending bill from consideration, Reid announced that he was filing cloture on two of the party's other major priorities: the DREAM Act, which would grant pathways to citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, and the stand-alone repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell.
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