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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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, 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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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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