Of course...

Unless more immigration-friendly Democrats and Republicans come to the Congress, especially the Senate, it will be difficult for any immigration-friendly bill to be passed by the Congress over the next few years. I fear that more anti-immigration Republicans are likely to dominate the Senate Republicans. Currently, Tea Partiers and crazy right-wingers are going crazy and voting for the most extreme candidates imaginable in the Republican primaries around the country. Having too extreme candidates for the general American voters is likely to reduce the Republicans' ability to pick up seats in the Congress, but it is clear that most, if not all, of news Republicans in the Congress next year will be anti-immigration.

Although the Democrats are unlikely to lose the Senate this year, they are likely to lose some seats in the Senate, meaning that it will be even more difficult to do anything immigration-friendly.

The fact that a Democrat is in the White House will not help the Democrats in the 2010 election unless the Republicans in the Congress do something disastrous and destroy their prospect for the 2012 election.

So, pushing (and, eventually, passing) the DREAM Act (or the Comprehensive Immigration Reform) this year is the best thing that can happen for us whether it happens before the election or after the election.