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October 25, 2007
The DREAM is Deferred - Green Card Bill for Undocumented Students is Defeated in the Senate
Unfortunately, and despite bipartisan support for the bill, the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minor Act) Act failed to survive a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate yesterday by a vote of 52-44. I described the DREAM Act in a posting yesterday; its defeat is terribly disappointing.
When the Senate failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform this summer, it was hoped that perhaps narrow bills targeted at very specific immigration issues could be passed. This defeat suggests otherwise. Most observers now believe that any immigration reform, comprehensive or otherwise, is off the table at least until after the Presidential election in 2008.
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