Finally. The first hearing ever on the DREAM Act just concluded in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Background from Van Le at America's Voices:
[T]he DREAM Act is getting its first-ever Senate hearing tomorrow [June 28], despite having been first introduced in 2001 and being reintroduced multiple times since then.For some more great background, here's Rachel Maddow on the DREAM Act:
The DREAM Act would offer talented young people who came to the United States as minors a chance to earn legal status and a path to citizenship – if they meet a set of stringent criteria that involves attending college or serving in the U.S. military. The DREAM Act has consistently enjoyed overwhelming public support, and is favored by nearly 70 percent of voters according to a poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for First Focus in June 2010.
When it was up for a vote in December of last year, the DREAM Act fell just five votes short of becoming law -- though it did pass the House with majority (bipartisan) support and won a majority 55 votes in the Senate. Earlier this year in May, the DREAM Act was introduced by a bi-partisan group of Representatives in the House and by Democrats in the U.S. Senate.
She puts the case very succinctly; a good short segment. Good luck, DREAMers. And thanks to all the advocates working in their behalf!
GP
