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Dreamers Dreamers Dreamers!!

2Face — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:26:50 GMT

Seriously this shit keeps me going..Rocky in full BEAST MODE! "What did you say to the kid...it ain't about how hard you hit, its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward..GET THE FUCK UP!

So if we are granted students visa then AB540 will not take effect?

Noysingh — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:27:25 GMT

That means way pay more for school now?

question

elitedro — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:36:39 GMT

hi my name is Alejandro A.
I have a question?
I haved lived in the U.S for over 17 years now gotten my G.E.D and tryed going to college for some reason my parents never applied for a green card and my father has been deported for over 6 years now and I want to apply but dont know where to start or who to contact or even if theres any laws that i could use to my advantage.so if anyone can help me out in any way i would be forever thankful!

Video link for durbin on Pearce

Lost Generation — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:18:46 GMT

I can't seem to find it on the Internet, post if you find it , thanks in advance

Heller says he's open to DREAM Act alternative

static — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:50 GMT

WASHINGTON - Sen. Dean Heller said Wednesday he is considering support for an immigration plan that would offer some form of relief to young people brought into the country illegally as children.

Heller, R-Nev., said he has spoken with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and is open to his legislation being advertised as an alternative to the Democrat-sponsored DREAM Act.

"I am very interested in what his proposals are because I believe there are answers to this issue," Heller said during an interview. "I am interested for some kind of a compromise that moves this ball forward. I am hoping that whatever Rubio does propose is something I can support."

Heller has opposed the DREAM Act, saying it amounts to "amnesty" by offering a path to citizenship to students and young people brought into the United States as children if they pursue higher education or join the military.

The Nevadan said Rubio has been coy about sharing details even with fellow Republicans. Heller said he could not say whether whatever Rubio produces may also amount to an "amnesty" that he might reject.

"It depends on what it says," Heller said. "I am open to see what he is doing. I am not saying I support whatever he is doing but I am open to discussions on what he is trying to achieve."

Heller support for what some call "DREAM Act Lite" could give him something to show the Hispanic community in Nevada that he is trying to court as he seeks election this fall.

Many in the community, however, prefer the full DREAM Act and are viewing Rubio warily. But with Congress at an impasse over immigration reform, the Florida senator has gained attention for moving forward with a new approach.

White House officials and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada have challenged Rubio to put his plan on paper.

"In anything we do in life, the devil is in the details. So let's see what Marco's going to come up with," Reid said in an interview with the Spanish-language Univision network that aired Sunday.

Reid said he would not support a proposal that did not include a path to citizenship.

In the interview, Heller also said he does not plan to bring up the issue of gay marriage in this year's Senate race even though he and Rep. Shelley Berkley, his Democratic challenger, clearly have opposing views.

Berkley last week embraced President Barack Obama's announcement that he believes same-sex marriages should be legalized.

"I have been a longtime supporter of marriage equality for all Americans and am glad President Obama has embraced this civil right," Berkley said.

Heller, on the other hand, said last week he believed "marriage is between one man and one woman and (I) would not support changing that."

Nevadans in 2000 and 2002 voted by majorities of almost 70 percent to add a clause to the state constitution that "only a marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect in this state."

Gay rights advocates say they believe the mood of the electorate has tempered over the past decade although there have been no recent measures of voter sentiment.

Either way, Heller said he is not touching gay marriage.

"I don't want it to be the issue in the campaign," he said. "I truly don't want this to be the issue. I want to talk about jobs, the economy, foreclosures. I want to talk about energy prices.

"Those are the issues of this campaign. I believe all the rest of the stuff is just a diversion from the issues of the day and I am not going to get stuck on those things."

http://www.lvrj.com/news/heller-says...5.html?ref=675

Am I allowed to start my own business?

iDream — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:03:56 GMT

Okay so i have a valid SSN but it has the unauthorized to work sign on it.
I was wondering am i able to start my own small business?

John Cornyn introduces STAR ACT, which eliminates diversity lottery

Immigrant — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:10:59 GMT

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...?taxonomyId=70

Quote:

Senate bill slots 55,000 tech green cards
Latest effort on green cards for science, technology, engineering and math graduates is from Republican Sen. John Cornyn

By Patrick Thibodeau
May 16, 2012 06:00 AM
Computerworld - WASHINGTON - There's a new push in the Senate to set aside as many as 55,000 green cards to science, technology, engineering and math graduates -- so-called STEM workers.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced a bill Tuesday to make green cards, or permanent residency, available to students who earn an advance degree, master's or Ph.D. from a research university, meaning a university that has received a federal funding for research.

To accomplish this, Cornyn's bill eliminates the so-called diversity lottery, which today makes 55,000 green cards available via a lottery, and makes those visas available instead to STEM grads.

The legislation, called the Securing the Talent America Requires for the 21st Century Act of 2012, or STAR Act, doesn't appear to increase the overall number of green cards allocated annually.

No loss for most of dreamers who don't come from DV-qualified countries, right?

Dems and Reps Trying to Stop Brain-Drain

amoney3 — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:52 GMT

If the DREAM Act doesn't pass this summer, it will in near future.

http://www.techworld.com.au/article/...h_green_cards/

Washington is slowly realizing the stupid policy of making it so difficult for able, hardworking citizen seekers to permanently stay in America after educating them in STEM fields. And if they can do it for new, outside immigrants, how much more the ones who are already here and were also educated K-12?

Dream Act Supporters: Bill-Killing Filibuster Was Unconstitutional

freshh. — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:41:30 GMT

Quote:

Would-be Dream Act beneficiaries aren't just angry that the bill failed in the Senate in 2010: Some also are joining a lawsuit seeking a court to rule that the cloture vote that killed it was unconstitutional.

Three undocumented young people were named as plaintiffs, along with four Democratic House members, in a lawsuit filed on Monday by nonpartisan lobbying group Common Cause. The suit goes after the Senate's filibuster rule, which forces a bill to overcome a supermajority (of 60 votes) to end debate, while passage of a measure requires only 50 votes.

The Dream Act, which would let some undocumented immigrants gain legal status if they meet a number of requirements, passed the 50-vote threshold in December 2010 with bipartisan support. But it fell short by five votes of the 60 needed to end debate.

"I was really frustrated when I saw the Dream Act; it was basically cheated justice," Caesar Vargas, an undocumented plaintiff on the lawsuit, said at a press conference on Tuesday. "I say that the Dream Act won by five votes. It was the unconstitutional filibuster that caused it to not proceed."

Legislative passage of the Democratic-sponsored Dream Act is nearly impossible this year, filibuster rule or not. The bill is opposed by a majority of Republicans in both chambers. The dynamics of the Senate have not changed enough to help it; the Senate would still fall short of 60 votes (as it did in 2010).

Still, the lawsuit is a new approach to advocacy for the bill and adds to a larger effort on behalf of filibuster reform that would leave the chamber less vulnerable to manipulation by the minority party.

- Full Article

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Celso Mireles, a plaintiff in the suit who would be affected by the Dream Act's passage, said it is important to remember how people can be directly affected by a filibuster.

"The filibuster is more than just a parliamentary abstract procedure," he said. "It affects real lives."

Any tax experts?

maurolv — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:58:42 GMT

My wife just got a new job and she needs to fill out her w-4.

Now...where it asks for her marital status, there is a note stating: "If married, but legally separated, or spouse is a nonresident alien, select single status."

Although I'm "in the process," as of now, I'm still undocumented. Should she select single?

Thanks for helping...!

Marco's Constituent Mailbox: A Conservative Way To Help Undocumented Youth

lilbawler2001 — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:12:58 GMT

He says his bill will give "Some of them, the ones who qualify the opportunity to get right". This bill is going to be really strict lol.

can som1 explain how suing senate will benefit us?

bseo — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:07:45 GMT

I'm just wondering. I understand that getting rid of filibuster system will help DA pass in the Senate. However, lets not forget that the House is controlled by Republicans now...

So, why sue them now? I think it should have been done earlier :-?

On Dream Act, let�s retain �brains�

Tacvbo — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:30:44 GMT

The people who oppose the Dream Act never mention the cost of getting these young people to graduation and then telling them to get the hell out. It�s truly stupid. These young people could really make a difference, and we don�t want them.

The same thing happens with foreign students who graduate college, and we send them away to better their home country when they could and want to help us.

Ed Greshes, Port St. Lucie

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Dream Act supporters target filibuster

Tacvbo — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:29:25 GMT

Illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats sued the Senate this week to try to overturn the upper chamber�s filibuster rule, arguing that the 60-vote threshold applied to most major legislation violates the Constitution and is blocking important legislation, such as legalization for illegal immigrants.

If successful, the lawsuit filed Monday would rewrite the way the Senate operates. But courts have generally been reluctant to meddle in internal congressional rules, making it an iffy question whether it would ever get to that point.

Still, the effort mixes two thorny issues: immigration and the separation of powers � and is likely to help keep the former in the news through this year�s presidential election.

Plaintiffs argue that a 2010 vote on the Dream Act � legislation to legalize illegal-immigrant students and young adults brought to the U.S. by their parents � was illegal. The 55-41 vote fell five shy of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster.

�The filibuster is exactly that � it�s a rule that�s crippled our system of government. Undocumented youth, perhaps like no other group, understands about the legislative process,� said Caesar Vargas, one of the plaintiffs, who went through college and law school and could benefit from the Dream Act. �We have lived it; we have shed tears for it. And we have seen a minority able to cripple dreams.�

The filibuster is not found in the Constitution, but rather is a Senate rule that stems from the chamber�s tradition of extended debate. Lawmakers used to use that debate privilege to talk legislation to death, so the Senate came up with the �cloture� rule that, after several changes, now allows debate to be cut off if 60 of the 100 senators vote to do so.

Use of filibusters has grown dramatically in recent years as the minority party has turned to it repeatedly � so much so that every piece of major legislation is now assumed to need 60 votes to succeed. Many top nominations are also held to that same standard.

In the past decade, Republicans contemplated forcing through a rules change that would have outlawed filibusters of judicial nominations, but a bipartisan group of senators came together to head off that effort.

And the filibuster has proved popular with both Democrats and Republicans when they have been in the minority.

GOP-led filibusters have blocked all of Mr. Obama�s tax-increase proposals and stalled some of his nominations over the past two years.

In the case of the Dream Act vote in 2010, the filibuster was bipartisan: Five Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in voting to block the bill.

Now, Mr. Vargas and two other Dream Act-eligible students are suing, along with four Democratic members of the House, and Common Cause, a group that pushes for campaign-finance restrictions.

Their suit names Vice President Joseph R. Biden, who is president of the Senate, and three top officers of the chamber: the secretary of the Senate, the parliamentarian and the sergeant-at-arms.

The members of Congress said the Senate filibuster rule hurts them by diluting the power of their vote.

�It invalidates my vote for significant legislation favored by the majority,� said Rep. Henry C. �Hank� Johnson Jr., Georgia Democrat, who is part of the lawsuit. �This is not right, and it is definitely not fair. The filibuster is no longer useful, and it needs to go.�

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...utm_medium=RSS

Make MARCO RUBIO FAMOUS.

2Face — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:25:03 GMT

You familiar with the KONY 2012 video? I'm sure you are. We should take some hints and make our own campaign...MARCO FREAKIN RUBIO 2012
Something creative like this can help win the day. He must be held accountable to his words. We want a damn bill not tomorrow, NOW!