Here’s what a sampling of what progressive blogs have been saying about Saturday’s DREAM vote. The DREAM Act has also been a major focus of Latino-focused and immigration-related blogs:
As the future of the DREAM Act remains in the hands of the United States Senate, the Spanish-language press reports today that the upper chamber’s strategy of shelving the proposal in order to consider the version passed by the House of Representatives is breathing new life into the bill’s prospects of becoming a reality.
The Spanish-language press reports today on the period before votes are scheduled in both houses of Congress on the DREAM Act, a bill which would legalize undocumented young people who wish to attend college or serve in the armed forces.
As the pressure intensifies in Congress to try to pass various bills in the lame-duck session, including the DREAM Act, several Spanish-language media outlets report on a new Republican effort to obstruct any legislative action unless Democrats agree to fund all government operations and extend the Bush tax cuts.
The Spanish-language media, both print and online, devote significant coverage to the imminent debate over the DREAM Act in the U.S. Senate over the coming days.
