Current news all report that DA will most likely be a part of CIR as a whole and will not be a standalone.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform will not pass. Not this year or the next few forseeable years to come. Don't kid yourselves. You know this. Democrats have control over both houses and they could not pass the DA ATTACHED TO A VERY POPULAR DEFENSE BILL. DA is on the bottom of the priority list for any politician. Why? because it's kind of like helping out a homeless - you get nothing out of it. There's no money to be made or votes to garner. In fact, there's more to lose for a politician than break even by advocating for the DA.

So why do immigration advocates and Democrats insist that DA be a part of CIR? Because they know that more politicians will be reluctant to strike the face of a child than an illegal grown up.

DA could have passed 10 years ago. But you and me both, are being held hostage by both sides. CIR advocates don't want us to be documented because they lose a key bargaining power. Republicans would prefer to document the youth than 11 million illegal adults.

Yet, while both sides strategize among themselves, OUR future gets dimmer and dimmer. We can't always be in a position to go to school or join the military. There are practical limits to pursuing our dreams and for those younger than us - like age, health, and life in general.

Think about it, 10 years ago when DA was first introduced, there were 16 and 18 year old kids who wanted to go to college and make better of themselves. They are now 26 and 28. They are adults now, and soon some of them will no longer be eligible even if DA passes in the near future.

Do you guys honestly think that Reid was so sympathetic towards our cause and justice so he decided to attach DADT and DA at the last minute? Do you think he will bring it up again when he doesn't need Latino votes again? Don't kid yourselves.

I think that we ought to exert our energy into DA as a standalone in this lame duck session, because sorry to tell you, no immigration bill is going to pass in the next 2 years after Republicans take over some of the seats. Not DA and definitely not CIR. Why shouldn't those who could be saved, be saved? Passing the DA is a possibility, but it won't be for very long. We should tell our voting neighbors to help us pass DA on its own. Politicians don't listen to us because we can't vote and we can't help them. Let's help ourselves. We can't drag DA for another decade. Or else we will slip into the CIR camp and hold our younger DA generation hostage again, like they're doing it to us now.