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DREAM Act defeated in the Senate

By Eunice Moscoso | Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 02:06 PM

After an emotional debate, the Senate voted down a controversial measure that would have allowed thousands of young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States if they attend college or join the military.

The action killed the legislation for the year.

The measure needed 60 votes to proceed, but only got 52. Eleven Republicans voted in favor of the bill and eight Democrats opposed it. The defeat showed the difficulty in passing any immigration legislation this year.

The measure is known as the DREAM Act, which stands for “Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act.

It would have allowed illegal immigrant high school graduates to eventually attain permanent legal status and U.S. citizenship if they complete two years of college or serve honorably in the military for at least two years.

In an effort to gain support, Durbin had included an age limit of 30 and dropped language that would have cleared the path for the students to receive in-state tuition.

The law would have applied to illegal immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least five years prior to the measure’s enactment, have graduated from high school or obtained a GED, and have no criminal record.

During the debate, Durbin said the illegal immigrant children should not be punished for the sins of their parents.

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., said the bill was “a slap in the face to all of those who came in legally.”

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sha...n_the_sena.html

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Senate kills bill to help illegal immigrants' kids

By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT

Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The Senate today rebuffed a measure that would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants if they attend college or join the military.

Supporters of the DREAM Act fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to keep the legislation alive, with Texas GOP Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn splitting over the bill. Cornyn voted against the measure on a key test vote while Hutchison worked behind the scenes with the legislation's chief sponsor to find ways to make it more palatable to Republicans.

"I don't want to hold out false hope," Sen. ####### Durbin, D-Ill., said when asked if he'd try to bring his legislation up again this year. "We did our best today."

After the implosion in the Senate last June of a sweeping immigration bill backed by the Bush administration, advocates decided to offer smaller measures in hopes of limiting the opposition that derailed legalization for most of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country.

The DREAM Act was first out of the chute, presented by supporters as a targeted bill designed to help children who played no part in their parents' decision to come here illegally.

"What good does it do anybody to prevent these young people from having a future?" said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "It harms children who have done no wrong, and in the long run greatly harms our country."

But opponents insisted the legislation was nothing more than an amnesty program which they claimed could open the door to citizenship for the students' parents and other relatives. The White House also opposed the measure.

"I do not believe we should reward illegal behavior," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. "It is our duty to promote respect for America's immigration laws."

The legislation, officially known as the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, would allow hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants under the age of 30 who came here under age 16, and have lived here at least five years, to attain legal status, and eventually citizenship, if they complete two years of college or serve in the military for at least two years.

Cornyn complained that the legislation contained "gaping loopholes," including not requiring that illegal immigrants graduate from college, granting them access to federal student loans and limiting investigation of possible application fraud.

"If my colleagues who support this measure are committed to solving America's immigration crisis and the plight of illegal immigrants, then the focus of this Congress should be on passing a comprehensive reform bill that addresses all of our pressing immigration matters, including securing our broken borders and the needs of American businesses for more workers," Cornyn said.

The Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan immigration research organization, has estimated that the DREAM Act could provide immediate conditional legal status to 360,000 high school graduates under the age of 24 and help 715,000 currently in school.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5241897.html

"Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave."

"...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process."

US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX)

Testimony to the House Immigration Subcommittee, February 24, 1995

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:dance: Another victory for USA Citizens & Another defeat over Illegals.

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It'll be back. And this time it will pass. It was extremely close. Four people who would have voted yes weren't there, which would have made us only a couple votes short. It's not over yet.

If it really was a top priority for them...they would have showed up to vote...wouldn't they?

So what was more important than rewarding their illegal buddies? Free beer at the local bistro?

"Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave."

"...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process."

US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX)

Testimony to the House Immigration Subcommittee, February 24, 1995

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I cannot believe someone actually proposed such an act. Seriously, how stupid can one be...

According to the Internal Revenue Service, the 400 richest American households earned a total of $US138 billion, up from $US105 billion a year earlier. That's an average of $US345 million each, on which they paid a tax rate of just 16.6 per cent.

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One has to wonder who would be footing the bill for all the new college students. If/when the bill passes. Im sure it'll be the taxpayers, which irritates the ####### out of me. My husband isnt even eligible for the tiniest slice of finanical aid for a lously ESL class at the local community college.

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It'll be back. And this time it will pass. It was extremely close. Four people who would have voted yes weren't there, which would have made us only a couple votes short. It's not over yet.
If it really was a top priority for them...they would have showed up to vote...wouldn't they?

So what was more important than rewarding their illegal buddies? Free beer at the local bistro?

Free beer is good. Shamnesty is bad.

I don't know how much clearer Americans could be: Rewarding illegal aliens in any way, shape or form is simply not what the average American wants to stand for.

One has to wonder who would be footing the bill for all the new college students.

Look in the mirror. That's who.

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One has to wonder who would be footing the bill for all the new college students.

Look in the mirror. That's who.

LOL. Yes. Thats why pants have two pockets. One to pay for my family and the another to pay for everyone else.

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yay!!!

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One has to wonder who would be footing the bill for all the new college students. If/when the bill passes. Im sure it'll be the taxpayers, which irritates the ####### out of me. My husband isnt even eligible for the tiniest slice of finanical aid for a lously ESL class at the local community college.

You should move to Tucson, the local community college here offers free ESL classes to those who can prove they are here legally. In Arizona, we voters decided that those here illegally could not get state funded benefits (in-state tuition and this ESL class for example).

Funny though while Olga was in her first class they asked for her proof but at the time she was in that out of status limbo while waiting her Green Card but the NOA on the AOS was sufficient! YAY AZ! =)

K-1 timeline

05/03/06: NOA1

06/29/06: IMBRA RFE Received

07/28/06: NOA2 received in the mail!

10/06/06: Interview

02/12/07: Olga arrived

02/19/07: Marc and Olga marry

02/20/07: DISNEYLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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03/29/07: NOA1

04/02/07: Notice of biometrics appointment

04/14/07: Biometrics appointment

07/10/07: AOS Interview - Passed.

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One has to wonder who would be footing the bill for all the new college students. If/when the bill passes. Im sure it'll be the taxpayers, which irritates the ####### out of me. My husband isnt even eligible for the tiniest slice of finanical aid for a lously ESL class at the local community college.

You should move to Tucson, the local community college here offers free ESL classes to those who can prove they are here legally. In Arizona, we voters decided that those here illegally could not get state funded benefits (in-state tuition and this ESL class for example).

Funny though while Olga was in her first class they asked for her proof but at the time she was in that out of status limbo while waiting her Green Card but the NOA on the AOS was sufficient! YAY AZ! =)

yea.. here in NC ESL classes in comm colleges are free too.. if they can make a group over 10 people.. the comm college will give the course for free

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One has to wonder who would be footing the bill for all the new college students. If/when the bill passes. Im sure it'll be the taxpayers, which irritates the ####### out of me. My husband isnt even eligible for the tiniest slice of finanical aid for a lously ESL class at the local community college.

You should move to Tucson, the local community college here offers free ESL classes to those who can prove they are here legally. In Arizona, we voters decided that those here illegally could not get state funded benefits (in-state tuition and this ESL class for example).

Funny though while Olga was in her first class they asked for her proof but at the time she was in that out of status limbo while waiting her Green Card but the NOA on the AOS was sufficient! YAY AZ! =)

yea.. here in NC ESL classes in comm colleges are free too.. if they can make a group over 10 people.. the comm college will give the course for free

I wish they would be more consistent across the country (although moving west does sound nice:) )

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One has to wonder who would be footing the bill for all the new college students. If/when the bill passes. Im sure it'll be the taxpayers, which irritates the ####### out of me. My husband isnt even eligible for the tiniest slice of finanical aid for a lously ESL class at the local community college.

You should move to Tucson, the local community college here offers free ESL classes to those who can prove they are here legally. In Arizona, we voters decided that those here illegally could not get state funded benefits (in-state tuition and this ESL class for example).

Funny though while Olga was in her first class they asked for her proof but at the time she was in that out of status limbo while waiting her Green Card but the NOA on the AOS was sufficient! YAY AZ! =)

yea.. here in NC ESL classes in comm colleges are free too.. if they can make a group over 10 people.. the comm college will give the course for free

in m,y area, the esl are free to anyone..as long as they are a person.......

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