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Hope fades for passage of bill to aid young illegal immigrants [DREAM Act]
Houston Chronicle ^ | September 26, 2007 | Michelle Mittelstadt

Posted on 09/26/2007 1:05:02 PM PDT by yorkie

WASHINGTON — The hope for immediate Senate action on the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, faded Tuesday as the measure's chief Senate sponsor acknowledged he was having difficulty surmounting Republican opposition.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has been seeking to attach the DREAM Act to the defense authorization bill pending in the Senate. But in an interview Tuesday, he said the DREAM Act isn't among the items on the table as Republican and Democratic leaders discuss ways to quickly wrap up debate on the defense bill.

"We haven't given up completely, but the options on this bill are limited,'' Durbin said.

"I'm disappointed for thousands of young people whose lives are just in limbo," he added. "They want to move on with their lives and do good things, and unfortunately we haven't been able to pass the laws to make that happen."

Immigrant-rights advocates were dismayed by the setback but vowed to find other means to pass the legislation, which they have sought since 2001.

"There is no question that this issue doesn't stop here," said Cecilia Muñoz, senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza. "The longer we wait, the more talented young people we close the door of opportunity to."

The DREAM Act would allow illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. before the age of 16, and have lived here at least five years, to receive conditional legal status if they have graduated from high school and have a clean record. After six years, they could become permanent legal residents if they serve in the U.S. military for at least two years or complete at least two years of college. As with most green card holders, they could apply for citizenship after five years.

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; aliens; amnesty; dreamact; freeeducation; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; spartansixdelta
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To: yorkie

You mean the nightmare act.


41 posted on 09/26/2007 1:29:21 PM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
The correct, original Spanish title of "La Raza" translates literally as "The National Party of the United Race." This is a bigoted organization whose purpose is to create a little Mexico in the American Southwest. Whatever they say to the contrary is deliberately dishonest. See my prior article on this.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, "Dan Rather, CBS, Plus Duke"

42 posted on 09/26/2007 1:32:00 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (2008 IS HERE, NOW. www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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To: yorkie

BOO-FREAKIN’ HOO.

Too many people are in the WENTITLEMENT column already


43 posted on 09/26/2007 1:35:06 PM PDT by radar101 (Duncan Hunter-The only possibility)
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To: pandoraou812

Glad to hear the Dream Act is dying. I’ll be watching for the Amnesty zombie to rise again.


44 posted on 09/26/2007 1:36:01 PM PDT by TigersEye (Dont' taze me, Bro!)
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To: yorkie

Kill It!


45 posted on 09/26/2007 1:36:33 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (A government that’s big enough to do everything for us is powerful enough to do anything to us.- F.T)
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To: yorkie
"...The DREAM Act would allow illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. before the age of 16, and have lived here at least five years, to receive conditional legal status if they have graduated from high school and have a clean record..."

Well, that means no illegal will be helped under this act, as sneaking into the U.S. is a crime, thus none of them have a clean record.

None of them.

46 posted on 09/26/2007 1:40:20 PM PDT by -=SoylentSquirrel=-
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To: yorkie
"I'm disappointed for thousands of young people whose lives are just in limbo,"

Spoken like a true bleeding heart socialist.

47 posted on 09/26/2007 1:48:24 PM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: tumblindice

I particularly like this on their web site. FRIGGIN DISGUSTING!

http://www.aztlan.net/anchor_baby_power.htm


48 posted on 09/26/2007 1:55:00 PM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: yorkie
Hope fades for passage of bill to aid young illegal immigrants [DREAM Act]

Awwwwwwwwww. Dry me a lizzard.

49 posted on 09/26/2007 2:03:20 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


50 posted on 09/26/2007 2:19:03 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: Arrowhead1952

Very insulting to skunks and rats!


51 posted on 09/26/2007 2:21:26 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: yorkie

My hope was boosted when I read this. Hey Dick Durbim - when will you do something about the borders?


52 posted on 09/26/2007 2:22:38 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: TigersEye
Glad to hear the Dream Act is dying. I’ll be watching for the Amnesty zombie to rise again.

Amnesty III may be dead, but Amnesty IV will be around the corner. These traitors will never give up!
53 posted on 09/26/2007 2:23:25 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: yorkie
I'm disappointed for thousands of young people whose lives are just in limbo,"

They did it to them selves now let them carry their sorry butts home and help their own country.

54 posted on 09/26/2007 2:35:49 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Arrowhead1952
Is that senator gramnesty from south Carolina on the right??
55 posted on 09/26/2007 2:39:17 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: unixfox

The entire site is disgusting; full of anti-semitism and “911 truther” malarkey.


56 posted on 09/26/2007 2:41:32 PM PDT by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: yorkie

57 posted on 09/26/2007 2:47:42 PM PDT by Gritty (The problem with many illegal aliens is they want to be colonists, not citizens-Rep Ted Poe,R-Tx)
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To: Mr. K
and who have completed high school?? HOW DID ILLEGALS GO TO SCHOOL ON OUR TAX DOLLAR? WHERE IS THE TRANSCRIPTS? WHERE IS TH EBOX YOU CHECK THAT SAYS “I AM HERE ILLEGALLY- LET ME COME TO SCHOOL FOR FREE”

Per other article, many Mexican youths cross the border every day to attend school in the US border cities.

The Durbin amendment would make them legal in a few years.

[Who do these Congresscritters really represent???]

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Schools Call Roll At A Border Crossing (Your Tax Dollars At Work)
Posted by truthkeeper
On News/Activism 06/25/2007 10:07:14 AM CDT · 35 replies · 1,066+ views


The Los Angeles Times ^ | June 25, 2007 | Nicolas Riccardi, Staff Writer
Luis, Ariz. — Robert Villarreal, standing at his post behind the customs officers at the border crossing station, knew he was being watched. A slim teenage boy wearing a green T-shirt was furtively peering at him from behind a pillar on the Mexican side. "I know who it is before he even comes in," Villarreal said, ducking into an alcove. Minutes later, perhaps thinking Villarreal had left, the boy and another teen breezed through customs. Villarreal sprang out of hiding and called the teens by name. "If you hide like that," he said, "you're just going to make things worse."...

Probe finds Mexican students crossing border to attend school
Posted by Boston Blackie
On News/Activism 05/25/2005 7:56:46 PM CDT · 27 replies · 715+ views


ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | 05.25.2005 | Arthur H. Rotstein
Students living in Mexico have been regularly crossing the border to attend school in a remote southern Arizona community, a misuse of taxpayer funds, the state's top education official said Wednesday. State schools Superintendent Tom Horne said an investigator he sent to the port of entry in Lukeville videotaped students walking across the border to a bus stop 200 yards north, then taking school buses to the community of Ajo. A Lukeville trailer park employee also told the investigator that utility receipts issued as proof of residence were provided by the trailer park, and not a real utility, Horne said....
Kids crossing border for school scrutinized
Posted by sarcasm
On News/Activism 03/07/2004 3:25:43 AM CST · 16 replies · 101+ views


The Arizona Republic ^ | March 7, 2004 | Susan Carroll
<p>LUKEVILLE - Just before dawn, a steady line of cars passes through this remote outpost on the U.S.-Mexico border, pausing at a bus stop to drop off children bundled in heavy coats to protect against the chilling rain.</p> <p>It is 6:20 a.m. in Lukeville, a tiny town on the north side of the border. The town itself is little more than a strip mall with a gas station, an RV park and a general store, all clustered within sight of the international line.</p>

Bordering on the unfair? [Kids living in Mexico cross border daily to attend California schools]
Posted by John Jorsett
On News/Activism 02/21/2004 1:14:27 PM CST · 27 replies · 739+ views


San Diego Union Tribune ^ | February 21, 2004 | Janine Zúñiga
On any given weekday morning, a steady flow of school-age children can be seen toting backpacks north across the Mexico border, where most hop aboard the trolley in San Ysidro. Some say they attend private schools, such as Our Lady of Peace in Normal Heights or Marian High in Nestor. Others, however, say they go to public high schools in the South Bay, including Castle Park, Southwest, Mar Vista and Eastlake. It's a situation that infuriates many parents, especially those in the booming east Chula Vista area. They loudly complain that these children in public schools are violating rules requiring...

Calif: Chula Vista [6 miles from Mexican border] schools bursting at seams due to feverish growth
Posted by John Jorsett
On News/Activism 01/24/2004 9:18:50 AM CST · 4 replies · 5+ views


San Diego Union Tribune ^ | January 24, 2004 | Chris Moran
Eastlake High School has supersized John Boone's European history class and given him a microphone to lecture to 72 students. Bonita Vista High School has more teachers than classrooms, so Erin Reck drags a cart around to rooms freed by her off-period colleagues. One classroom that she borrows is a dance room where desks are moved on and off the hardwood floor. Heritage Elementary School opened with a few empty classrooms two years ago. Then apartments across the street were converted to military housing, and a battalion of kids forced the school to plop relocatable classrooms onto the barely scuffed...

58 posted on 09/26/2007 2:48:05 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: yorkie

First I’ve heard of this.

Maybe my phone calls and copious faxes paid off. This time, I even enlisted my husband’s reluctant help.

I just don’t get this determination by Washingtonians to grant American citizenship to millions who have done nothing to earn it- and often don’t want it.


59 posted on 09/26/2007 2:54:13 PM PDT by tennteacher (Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: buffyt

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Today $28,000.


60 posted on 09/26/2007 2:54:42 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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