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DREAMactASAP · 05-18-2010, 08:49 PM

Wow. So the truth finally comes out. McCain basically says: "That's what you get for not voting for me. Now screw you and get out of my way."

What a jerk!!

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By Todd A. Heywood 5/18/10

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has issued a statement about Monday’s DREAM Act protests in his Tucson offices.

Three undocumented youth and a fourth legal citizen were arrested at the office and charged with trespassing by Tucson authorities. Officials planned to release the youth Tuesday, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stepped in and detained the three undocumented youth.

The undocumented youth have been in the country illegally for years and were brought here by parents. They say that 65,000 undocumented youth will graduate from U.S. high schools this year, without an opportunity to pursue dreams of higher education. They are trapped between the country they have grown up in and the country they came from but know nothing about, activists say. That, activists argue is the reason to pass the DREAM Act which would create a legal path to citizenship for such youth.

McCain has sponsored the legislation in the past, but has decided not to this year. Activists and pundits alike attribute this decision to his battle to defend his Senate seat from a challenge on the right by radio talk show host J.D. Hayworth.

In response to the protest Monday, McCain’s office issued the following statement, Arizona TV station KGUN reports:

“Senator McCain understands the students’ frustrations, but elections have consequences and they should focus their efforts on the President and the Democrats that control the agenda in Congress.”

Activists with the group One Michigan issued action alerts Tuesday calling on supporters to lobby Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to become a [co]sponsor of the DREAM Act. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) is already a [co]sponsor.

Source: http://michiganmessenger.com/37958/m...m-act-protests