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“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.”
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