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DREAM students in on filibuster lawsuit - U-T San Diego


DREAM students in on filibuster lawsuit
U-T San Diego
Saray Flores, 22, and her niece Layla Flores, 3, hold candles during a candlelight vigil for the DREAM Act on Park Boulevard Monday. The DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) could come up for vote before Congress soon.

A Dream worth supporting - Washington Post


A Dream worth supporting
Washington Post
In his May 11 letter about the Maryland Dream Act, Clifford E. Snyder Jr. complained that “Maryland's elected government plays me for a sucker.” He wrote that he is being asked to subsidize the lives of undocumented students.

Dream Act Supporters: Bill-Killing Filibuster Was Unconstitutional - Huffington Post


Dream Act Supporters: Bill-Killing Filibuster Was Unconstitutional
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Would-be Dream Act beneficiaries aren't just angry that the bill failed in the Senate in 2010: Some also are joining a lawsuit seeking a court to rule that the cloture vote that killed it was unconstitutional.

The GOP veepstakes continue, with talk of Latino and 'incredibly boring' picks - 89.3 KPCC


The GOP veepstakes continue, with talk of Latino and 'incredibly boring' picks
89.3 KPCC
Rubio has been pushing his own stripped down, yet-to-be-introduced version of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, and while it has met with substantial skepticism, Padgett notes the language that Rubio has used.

Senate Faces Lawsuit, Pressed To Axe Filibuster - Talk Radio News Service


Senate Faces Lawsuit, Pressed To Axe Filibuster
Talk Radio News Service
A vote on the DREAM Act, a bill that provides undocumented immigrants a legal path to citizenship, received bipartisan support in the House and a simple majority – 55 votes – in the Senate but failed to reach the 60-vote supermajority required to break ...