DREAM vote next week!
 

Senator Reid has confirmed DREAM Act will be part of next week's defense vote!!! Call your senator: 1-888-254-5087 and Demand the DREAM Act NOW!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...ml?ref=twitter

The DREAM Act will get a vote on the Senate floor next week, a last shot before the November elections to appease Latino voters who are furious that President Obama has not followed through on his pledge to make comprehensive immigration reform a priority.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said at a press briefing Tuesday afternoon that the immigration reform proposal would come up as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill. A Reid aide said that such a vote was likely to come on Tuesday of next week.

The defense bill also includes a gradual repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. There will be a floor vote on an amendment to strip the repeal out of the bill, though Democrats expect to have enough votes to defeat it.

The DREAM Act is far from comprehensive, but has strong backing in the Latino and immigrant rights community. It creates a conditional pathway to citizenship for undocumented children, and requires either military service or a college degree. Advocates see the DREAM Act as a major step toward comprehensive reform that would create a pathway to citizenship for most undocumented immigrants.

When the DREAM Act last came up for a vote, in 2007, it won at least ten GOP votes: Bob Bennett (R-Utah), Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), Norm Coleman (R-Minn), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Larry Craig (R-Idaho), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). Five of them -- Bennett, Brownback, Collins, Hatch and Snowe - are still serving in the Senate. The bill has 40 cosponsors and the backing of labor unions and major corporations and universities.




“I think it is really important that we move forward on this legislation,” Reid said. “I know we can’t do comprehensive immigration reform. I’ve tried to, I’ve tried so very, very hard. I’ve tried different iterations of this, but those Republicans we had in the last Congress left us.”

The DREAM Act provides a path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants if they were in the country before age 16 and have been present for five years before enactment of the law. Reid could not say whether he has 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, but added, “I sure hope so.”



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz0zXRv5gW3

video:
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/20...eid-dream-act/

Reid had previously expressed doubt that he could find the votes to pass the act, but at a stakeout today seemed confident it could pass as part of the defense authorization bill.

“When that passes, millions of children will be able to get the education they need to contribute to our economy,” he said. “Boys and girls who come here before they turn 16 and have been here for five years — kids who grew up as Americans — should be able get their green card after go to college or serve in the military.”

http://washingtonindependent.com/973...orization-bill

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I hope this works. But i am disappointed that the only reason why they are doing it is because of the upcoming election

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Anyone know how many votes are needed to pass an amendment as a part of a bigger legislation?

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If they don't vote on it, it is going to get erased come next Congress anyway, right? So might as well do it. (Although many up for reelection will be thinking about their seats instead.) So if it passes, then when does the house vote?

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lol, funny is that my mom is stupid and made us leave so I would need this to delay one more year so it will benefit me haha. But that's selfish. I hope you guys get it. Either way, I was gonna leave the country if it had not passed.

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What do you mean? are you in the us now? if it did pass, you have not been in the us for the last five years, you would still be out of luck.

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Hello fellow DREAMERS, I want to share some words with all of those, including myself, who have been loosing hope for the DREAM ACT to pass..

" But my God SHALL SUPPLY all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus"

This is when we need to have FAITH AND BELIEVE THE MOST!!!

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if that's what it takes, then that's what it takes.

i used to want to get into politics before i had found out about my status, but this experience has left me disgusted with government. i don't even mean getting legalization as much as having a definitive YES or NO about a position and not teetering/tottering with some rhetorical BS that they've been spewing.

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I have been here for a total of 13 years. But, not consecutive because my mom is stupid lol :roll: So 4 years of consecutive stay for me in November. So I am out of luck.

Nevertheless, good luck to you guys.

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