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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) aims to have his alternative to the DREAM Act proposal on paper in the next few weeks and passed by the end of the summer.

"Our goal is to pass something this summer in time for kids who plan to go to school this fall," Rubio press secretary Alex Conant said Monday.

Rubio's proposal would provide non-immigrant visas to illegal immigrants' children who attend college or serve in the military.

"So just like lots of people come to the United States on work visas or on student visas or tourism visas or whatever, this would be a non-immigrant visa, so it would be a temporary one," Conant said. "It wouldn't be permanent. But the intent here is if they choose to remain in the United States permanently that they could apply for permanent residence just like any other immigrant would."

Rubio's proposal is an alternative to the Democrat-backed DREAM Act, sponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. when they were young and then go to college or serve in the military.

Conant said Rubio's legislation would not mean the immigrants would be deported after their visa runs out.

"They could apply for permanent residence after a certain amount of time without having to return to their country of origin," Conant said. "They'd be like any other immigrant except that they could wait while they're in the United States. The Democrats' DREAM Act doesn't have them leaving the country but, as I said, it creates a special pathway for them."

Rubio's office does not yet have an estimate on how many new visas would be issued under the proposal. Conant said it depends on what the qualifying age for the visas in the legislation will be.

A day earlier, Rubio defended the proposal against criticism that it was a form of amnesty.

"We use the existing immigration system to deal with a humanitarian issue. And that is these children who entered this country illegally or have overstayed visas illegally, through no fault of their own," Rubio said on Fox News Sunday. "These are children, they follow their parents. The parents put them in this predicament."

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...next-few-weeks

MAJOR news this. Let's gear up for this upcoming battle. Fire up the telephones because got a feeling we'll be making MULTIPLE phone calls to Democratic senators!! Dream Act climax on the cards!!

"Conant said it depends on what the qualifying age for the visas in the legislation will be."

Let's see how many people will be affected by this legislation. I have the feelings it will be strict. Good luck to all.

It'll be out in the next few weeks? Can't wait. Just hope all of us as the original DA eligibles will qualify, or i'll be pissed and just go back to thinking that the DA's our only hope.

I came to the states when I was 13. Could I be possibly qualified under the Rubio's Dream Act? Any prediction or opinion?

At least we now have some sort of timeline on Rubio's Dream Act. Can't wait to see the details in the coming weeks.

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It went from Fall to Summer. Rubio is serious.


Faxes, E-mails, Postal Mail also.

15 and under has always in the bills with 5 consecutive in USA.

of course, for school nothing to do with the elections coming up you know lol, in all honesty it does look like it has good chances of passing bc it disarms every argument against the original DA but i still think there should be an outlet to residency even if after 10 years plus knowin the gop theyll just go for the cheap pr points and probably put a cutoff of like 25 years old so they can get all the high schoolers as poster boys and ditch the rest of us bc were the true meat that their private prison buddies rely on.

Everything at the moment is purely speculation. It is best to just wait and see, don't trouble yourself with the details just yet bro.