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DREAM Act, affecting children of illegal immigrants, fails Senate test vote

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“The DREAM Act failed in the Senate on Wednesday, dashing the latest and best chance Congress had to pass immigration legislation.

The bill would have paved a path to citizenship for children of illegal immigrants if they attended college or entered the military.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, was ready with an amendment that might have made the measure more palatable to some Republicans, but the bill did not get that far.”*

Posted on: October 25th, 2007
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Additional News, Immigration, Politics
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