White House: Obama won't give up on DREAM ACT

White House: Obama won't give up on 'DREAM Act'
(AP) – 17 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is not giving up on legislation that would offer a path to legal status to young illegal immigrants.

Obama on Tuesday met with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and reiterated his support for the DREAM Act, which died in the Senate last weekend and appears to have even less chance when a new, more Republican Congress convenes in January.

The legislation would have provided a route to legal status for illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. before age 16, have been here for five years, graduated high school or gained an equivalency degree, and who joined the military or attend college.

Obama also told lawmakers a broader reform of the immigration system should be a priority for the next Congress.

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What a joke!!

I hope President Obama and all those on the fence senators who voted against cloture have a wonderful Christmas with their family and friends..especially after shattering our dreams into millions of countless pieces.

KEYWORD = SHOULD, you can't count on Obama doing anything.

i'm done drinking the kool-aid. talk is cheap!

Can obama get dream passed before the summer of 2011. if he cant then STFU. he has been talking a whole lot of brown brownies and now you eat them.

title of the thread= "WHITE HOUSE: OBAMA won't give up on DREAM ACT"

Dream act portal: "DREAMERS gave up on OBAMA!!!!!"

how can obama lock votes from the gop on the Start treaty and dadt but not dream, HAH!

You guys should really stfu, we're not the most important thing as much as all of you would like to think. It isn't Obama's fault, if he tried, he tried. Some of you are biting the hand that has tried to help you, so how about we go agaisnt those 5 Dems and those other Reps!

You're the one who doesn't understand. It is his fault, the latino population and others voted for him because he was intent on passing the DREAM Act. The only one who can put pressure on the 5 Dems and Reps is Obama. He chose to put his weight behind the Healthcare bill, but shied away from the cause he gave us his word he would push for.