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Should Canadian legals receive benefits like Mexico's illegals?
Bakersfield Californian
Most know that the Dream Act came to us in two phases, the first many years ago, and the second initiated into law just last January. The initial process was to allow illegal immigrants to enter US colleges, after high school graduation, ...

Lawsuit Claims U.S. Senate Filibuster Rule is Unconstitutional
Utah Policy
During the 2010 lame-duck session, the DREAM Act, backed by President Barack Obama, won passage in the House and attracted a simple majority of 55 votes in the Senate, but fell short of the 60 needed to break a GOP filibuster.

He says his bill will give "Some of them, the ones who qualify the opportunity to get right". This bill is going to be really strict lol.

Illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats sued the Senate this week to try to overturn the upper chamber’s filibuster rule, arguing that the 60-vote threshold applied to most major legislation violates the Constitution and is blocking important legislation, such as legalization for illegal immigrants.

If successful, the lawsuit filed Monday would rewrite the way the Senate operates. But courts have generally been reluctant to meddle in internal congressional rules, making it an iffy question whether it would ever get to that point.