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Sen. Rubio claims the White House is undermining his version of DREAM Act

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the White House is trying to sabotage his version of the DREAM Act by “ordering” activists not to work with him so that President Obama can maintain his hold on the Latino vote in the 2012 election.
“One of the things that already been documented is that the White House has been — the articles that have been written, two or three by now, the White House has been calling in DREAM Act advocates and asking them, almost ordering them, not to work with me on this issue,” Rubio said Thursday on the Laura Ingraham radio show. “They have been counting on using this issue as a wedge issue in October to drive up turnout.”
Rubio is considered to be on Mitt Romney's short list of possible vice-presidential choices.

Rubio’s proposal, expected to be finalized this week, is a scaled-back version of the Democrat-backed DREAM Act, which offers a pathway to citizenship to illegal immigrants who came to the United States when they were young and then go to college or serve in the military.

Rubio’s proposal instead offers non-immigrant visas that would eventually allow them to apply for citizenship.

“How do you get Hispanics who voted for you in 2008, who now have higher unemployment, have lost their businesses, have lost their homes, have lost their jobs?,” Rubio continued. “You need an issue like this, so I have no doubt that about that fact, that [the Obama campaign] would use this for that.”
A Senate Democratic leadership aide told The Hill that they're ready to work with Rubio on the legislation, but that the final bill would need the support of Republican leadership in both chambers - something which has yet to materialize.

Republicans are entering the election season with a massive deficit among Hispanics, with Romney barely registering in the double digits in a head-to-head match-up against Obama, according to a Fox News Latino poll released last month. In addition, 73 percent said they approved of the job the president has been doing, well above Gallup’s national average of 44 percent.

Ninety-percent of Latino voters say they support the Democratic version of the DREAM Act, which Romney is on record as opposing. Romney has not yet taken a stance on Rubio’s upcoming proposal.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...e-on-dream-act

I guess we should be getting more details about the bill pretty soon. I really hope it doesn't disqualify any current dream eligible people.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the White House is trying to sabotage his version of the DREAM Act by “ordering” activists not to work with him so that President Obama can maintain his hold on the Latino vote in the 2012 election.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...e-on-dream-act


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Damn this week!? what happened to June? I'm not complaining.
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-I think I'm gonna make a T-Shirt, its going to read, (Front) "if you could have part of your DREAMS come true wouldn't you take that chance?" (Back) "support reform not bipartisanship"... maybe through in a collage of all the famous Americans who had dreams.

-In fact that should be the new DREAMERS shirts! We need to silence those that think their righteous stand in this fight represents us and our plight.
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oh so we gotta vote republican right?

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First it was before Fall, then Summer and now this week. Rubio is for real.
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This week? It could be as early as tomorrow?
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We had double posts of the same article so I merged the two threads since both had responses.
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I see the blame game is already heating up. Goddamn cynical political move.
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We need to let our voices heard that we support this humanitarian bill. This could be our chance to continue with our lives, if nothing gets passed, congress could continue to be divided on this issue, specially republicans, if they lose to Obama.

Where are all the organizations that claim to be on our side? wHy are all this organizations so quite about it?

Is it because if this get passed, no more donations for them? are they working for their own well being? sorry sometimes I just wonder if this people really care about us.
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