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10-28-2015, 01:43 PM
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IamAman
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Originally Posted by Demise View Post
What about 2006 and the dream act in 2010? I mean 2007 act was so bad that I'd vote against it.
Not sure what point you're trying to make, but the 2007 immigration bill had the entirety of the Dream Act within it in addition to the other guest worker provisions. If that bill would have passed -ie. all the Democrats would have voted for them along with the few Republicans who did (the bill failed by only 15 votes), I wouldn't even have found this website in 2011. None of us would be here because we'd either have a work permit and going to college or working towards our Dream Act given green cards, or we'd already be there. In 8 years of having a green card and two college degrees, who can ever guess how my life could have been, but I'm guessing it would have been much better and much less fear.

Bernard Sanders had a 1/15 role in denying me that life so excuse me for not jumping up and down for him on here. To borrow a quote from his people: Never Again.

Edit: If all Democrats would have voted for it, it would have still been 5 votes shy of the 60, but the point stands that Bernie was one of the ones who voted against it (Along with Barbara Boxer).
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Late 40's Dreamer (Holy Fucking shit I'm almost 50 and still dealing with this), aged out of original DACA and didn't have a chance to apply for extended DACA after Republicans killed it on the vine.
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