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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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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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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For months, Republican Senators have been lining up excuse after excuse in an effort to obstruct a vote on the DREAM Act. But with the 111th Congress drawing to a close, the moment of truth will soon be here. Senators will have to decide if they stand on the...
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Continuing a week of impassioned action to urge the Senate to pass the DREAM Act, scores of DREAMers, along with military veterans, marched on the sunny (and frigid) lawn in front of the U.S. Capitol to demonstrate their commitment to serving the country they call home. As youth leader...
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In its FY10-12 Strategic Plan, the Department of Defense identified the DREAM Act as a smart way to expand the pool of potential candidates because it lets high achieving young people enlist.
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