With immigration reform stalled, DREAM Act gets more attention

All the demonstrations may be helping! The DREAM Act is certainly something that can be done fast, while the full reform is being worked on. - - Donna Poisl

By Juan Castillo

In summing up the state of the country’s immigration policy this month, President Obama uttered these words: “The system is broken. And everybody knows it.”

But in his pitch for comprehensive immigration reform, the president acknowledged the formidable politics surrounding it. Indeed, immigration reform isn’t likely to happen anytime soon — there’s no bill in Congress, and mid-term elections are around the corner.

But a piece of immigration reform known as the DREAM Act actually has momentum; a bill introduced in 2009 has Senate and House versions and more than 160 co-sponsors, notes Julieta Garibay, DREAM campaign director for the Austin-based University Leadership Initiative.
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