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Statement on Senate DREAM Act Vote

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11-19-2007, 01:40 PM
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Please disregard this if anyone has posted this. It's not too new either.

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Statement on Senate DREAM Act Vote

We are not giving up. Too much is at stake.

Washington, DC, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 | This afternoon, a bipartisan 52-44 majority of the Senate voted in favor of permitting debate on the DREAM Act, S. 2205, legislation that would provide a path to legal status for young people who were brought to the U.S. years ago as children. Unfortunately, 60 votes were needed, so the DREAM Act could not proceed.

We are saddened and enraged that 60 votes could not be mustered for this bill, which would transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of deserving young people. But like those young people, the DREAM Act is not going away.

The vote was closer than it looks. All four Senators who, each for valid reasons, were unable to make the vote were DREAM Act supporters. Several others had indicated that they would vote in favor of the DREAM Act if it looked as if their votes would make a difference. For the DREAM Act to have come so close is a remarkable accomplishment, given the level of panic now felt by many politicians about anything that affects immigrants

On the other hand, the DREAM Act suffered a major blow, perhaps the decisive one, when the White House came out in opposition just minutes before the vote. The reasons given for opposition were specious and small minded -- a long way from the compassion and understanding the president once expressed for the plight of immigrants who have left their homelands, often with their children in tow, and made the sometimes dangerous journey to the U.S. in search of a better life here. He now appears to have abandoned any sympathy for those children.

Although it is now more of a long shot, there is still a chance that the DREAM Act could be resurrected and enacted this year. It continues to enjoy bipartisan support, including that of a majority of the Senate and of some of the most powerful members of Congress. For the sake of tens of thousands of young people whose activism and powerful life stories have carried the DREAM Act so far, and for the sake of the nation, we will not give up.
http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/DREAM/Dream008.htm
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11-19-2007, 03:02 PM
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on what premise does this article declare such a bold statement? I doubt that sentence is credible as the senate has moved on completely at least for this year.
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^ This is a credible source. The statement was from National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
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well the ting that i remember that the opposite side said was that some werent against it but the time wasnt right but i next years they wuold go for it....( hopefully)
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