Dec 13, 2010
Are there any college presidents — maybe from more conservative universities — who have come out against the legislation? After spending a good amount of time Googling around, I couldn't find even one..."If it wasn't a good idea, universities and their presidents wouldn't be unanimously in support of it."
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If morality does not move the Senate, then sheer economic self-interest should. The more our talented students are forced into the dark in fear of being deported, the greater the loss in potential tax revenue. In some of them we might just have the next Einstein, the next Bill...
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Sen. John Cornyn expresses sympathy for students who would be affected by the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act, and yet he doesn't think he can help them just yet... wrote..."the time is always ripe to do what's right."
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When House Democrats last week passed the DREAM Act before the Senate had staged its vote, the timing was no accident. Instead, the chronology was part of a carefully designed strategy — orchestrated, with some tension, between the two chambers — to grant the proposal its greatest shot at...
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The mainstream media has done a pretty lousy job reporting what's next for the DREAM Act, writes Marisa Treviño of Latina Lista: "If ever there was an issue constantly lobbed at with distortions and falsehoods, the DREAM Act bill is one... Yet, there's nothing to be afraid of if...
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Dec 12, 2010
Senate Republicans can obfuscate, but arguments about costs and laws are so flimsy when it comes to the House-approved Dream Act that if they block it this week, as seems likely, they will be joining with those nativists and haters who regularly tell me and other Latinos to leave...
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A national Hispanic Republican organization denounced Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's opposition to the DREAM Act on Friday and warned that the stance may hurt her re-election prospects in 2012 should she decide to run.
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We're back with more reaction from Wednesday night following the House vote victory on the DREAM Act. Watch DREAM leader Lizbeth and immigration reform champion Rep. Luis Gutierrez.
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Trivia question for all you policy wonks: before the DREAM Act passed Wednesday night, when was the last time you read the headline, "House passes historic immigration bill?"
Answer: December 16, 2005.
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Republican champion of the DREAM Act Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) recently told POLITICO that he absolutely will vote yes on the DREAM Act, which is welcome news as advocates work to reach out to Republican swing votes: "After Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delayed a test vote on the...
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