It's now official, Sen. Harry Reid will add the DREAM Act to the Department of Defense Authorization bill when it comes to the Senate floor over the next few weeks. Sen. Reid acknowledges that passing a "comprehensive immigration reform" bill with a mass amnesty is impossible, but he believes he can garner enough bi-partisan support to pass an amnesty for illegal alien high school students and graduates.
Univision is reporting that Sen. Reid is contacting both Democratic and Republican Senators trying to get the 60 votes needed to pass the bill.
In an interview with El Tiempo, the Spanish language version of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Reid said...
...I will keep fighting for it. I have five or six calls I need to make to Republicans senators to see if they will work with me on this. I will call them to see if they are willing to support this.
The DREAM Act (S.729) was offered by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and has 38 cosponsors who are still in the Senate. Supporters of the DREAM Act say it would provide amnesty for illegal aliens who are under the age of 35 and attended high school in the United States, hold either a high school diploma or GED, and attend a U.S. college or serve in the military for at least two years.
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1 comment:
It should be called the ream act !
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