Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Local Immigrants Rally for DREAM Act

It is supposed to be put up for a vote this week, maybe it will pass. If not now, I fear it will be years before it happens. - - Donna Poisl

Two years of college or military could mean citizenship

By Diana Hubert, Epoch Times Staff

NEW YORK—Voices are getting louder for proponents of the DREAM Act, a bill that would grant undocumented immigrant children legal status if certain requirements are met. Dozens of youths rallied this Monday in Times Square trying to gain support for the bill, which is expected to be voted on within the coming weeks during the lame duck session in Congress.

The bipartisan act, which was originally introduced by Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) in 2001 has been the subject of much debate.
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