^^ Found this on his website.
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They even blocked our Dream Act which would have helped children of immigrants being denied citizenship to receive an education and a good job. I’ll tell you why I thought that was so important too. I was in Smith Valley, Nevada; a little agricultural community on Lyon County. I spoke to the assembly and I could tell that there was a young lady in high school that wanted to talk to me. I went over and talked to her and she said in words that I’ll never forget, ‘I’m the smartest kid in my class, but I can’t go to college, my parents came here illegally. What am I going to do Senator?’ I didn’t have an answer for her, and I don’t know what has ever happened to that beautiful young woman. I don’t know what she’s doing, but I know that we are going to continue to work so that in the future when somebody asks me, I can say, ‘We passed the Dream Act and you can go to college.’
“Thank you very much for inviting me today. I look forward to working with you in the future. This is a great organization. Thank you very much.”
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http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/pr_070308_NALEO.cfm