Sep 21, 2010
Student activists pushing for the DREAM Act regrouped Tuesday after the Senate blocked the defense bill that was expected to carry their immigration legislation.
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Republican lawmakers on Tuesday stalled a Senate measure to allow children of undocumented immigrants to get on a path to citizenship
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Cesar Vargas graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn, just like Senators Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont.
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The Senate's vote against a motion to proceed to debate on the Department of Defense Authorization bill – to which the DREAM Act and a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" were attached – is a discouraging reminder that the Republican Party remains dangerously hostile to immigrants and, at...
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An overhaul of immigration laws is beyond the reach of polarized Washington. But the Senate can ease the problem by passing the DREAM Act, which offers a pathway to citizenship to a narrow category of young immigrants who came here illegally through no fault of their own.
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urged Congress to pass a long-shot immigration measure that would give legal status to undocumented young people who attend college or join the military, saying it would be a boon for the nation.
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For Avila and others like him, the stakes on the DREAM Act are high.
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Democrats attach the key policy objectives to the annual spending legislation. Republicans vow to filibuster, accusing the majority of using the bill to galvanize voters.
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U.S. and Mexican border governors called Monday for reform of U.S. immigration policies...
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With the DREAM Act coming this afternoon, First Focus and partners published this ad in Roll Call and Congressional Quarterly explaining why it would be right for Congress to pass it.
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