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Given deportation reprieve, Bernard Pastor says 'change is coming' - Cincinnati.com


Given deportation reprieve, Bernard Pastor says 'change is coming'
Cincinnati.com
Pastor, son of a Pentecostal minister, showed his leadership in a meeting of 200 Dreamers, young people who would be helped by passage of the Dream Act, ...

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The Roundup - Firedoglake


The Roundup
Firedoglake
On the flip side, the immigration strategy to get the DREAM Act passed just didn't work, mainly because it took so long for activists and political leaders, ...

SCHUMACHER-MATOS: Hutchinson's DREAM dance - North County Times


SCHUMACHER-MATOS: Hutchinson's DREAM dance
North County Times
Kay Bailey Hutchison has been tying herself in knots over the pending DREAM Act. The Texan reflects the predicament of many of her Republican colleagues ...

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Senate Vote of December 18 Fails to Move DREAM Act Forward - South Florida Caribbean News


Senate Vote of December 18 Fails to Move DREAM Act Forward
South Florida Caribbean News
LOS ANGELES - The Senate on Saturday failed to muster the 60 votes necessary to cut off debate about the DREAM Act, thus ensuring that the bill will not ...

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Lame Duck Not So Lame After All - Mother Jones


Lame Duck Not So Lame After All
Mother Jones
On the downside, the DREAM Act and the omnibus budget bill failed. If this is how things turn out, that's a helluva lame duck session. ...

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Does the GOP Have a Tea Party Problem? - The AtlanticWire (blog)


Does the GOP Have a Tea Party Problem?
The AtlanticWire (blog)
The Tea Party Killed the DREAM Act, Newsweek's Mickey Kaus notes. The midterms were a big win for the Tea Party, and "nothing like fresh heads on pikes to, ...

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McCaul Appointed Chair of Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee - Texas Insider


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McCaul Appointed Chair of Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee
Texas Insider
DREAM Act I was disappointed that the House approved the DREAM Act, would have offered amnesty to undocumented immigrants who entered the country before the ...

DREAM Act Is The Latest Casualty Of "Archaic" Filibuster - Progress Illinois


DREAM Act Is The Latest Casualty Of "Archaic" Filibuster
Progress Illinois
Amidst the celebration from progressives over repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, many missed the regrettable news that the DREAM Act ...

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What's happened to John McCain? The angry man puzzles pundits and Arizonans - Winnipeg Free Press


What's happened to John McCain? The angry man puzzles pundits and Arizonans
Winnipeg Free Press
Chief among them is the so-called DREAM Act, which would allow the children of illegal immigrants to gain US citizenship by finishing college or serving in ...