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The Dream Act in its current form may have been stopped with a Democratic majority in the Senate, but along with President Obama's reaffirmed commitment to the issue this week comes the sense that Republicans in both of Houses of Congress will not be able to ignore immigration
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Despite continued rhetoric that Republicans blocked the Dream Act this past weekend, Democrats have only themselves to blame for failing to gather enough votes for the bill. Republicans filibustered the partial immigration reform bill that would have granted a pathway to citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, from their
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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prepares for a boisterous showdown this weekend over the Dream Act, former California Congresswoman and current Labor Secretary Hilda Solis took to the official White House blog to tout the bill's benefits, claiming that she formerly had a hand in helping hard
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As the Dream Act remains alive with the aid of a strategic move in the Senate last week, Hispanics who support the Republican Party have different takes on what a Republican rejection of the legislation would do to the future of the party with the Hispanic minority. As noted in
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Even as the House passed its own version of the Dream Act and the Senate postponed voting on the measure for now, immigration reform activists are hoping for a late breakthrough as time runs out in the 111th Congress. The two most active immigration reform groups, America's Voice
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Even before considering how the Dream Act in the Senate will play out this week, it seems to be making ripples with a prominent Republican leader who might be considering a 2012 run. Mother Jones pointed out in a recent article that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich seems
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As an inevitable vote on the Dream Act inches closer in the lame duck session of Congress, some Republicans are starting to realize the necessity of crafting an immigration plan of their own if they are to be taken seriously in their outreach to Hispanics. The Miami Herald reports that
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Just as Congress will probably vote on the DREAM Act as a stand alone bill, the editorial board of one of the nation's foremost conservative news publications has put forth an op-ed endorsing the measure. In doing so, it is ultimately taking a shot at hard line, anti-illegal
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According to a Gallup poll released just before Thanksgiving, Americans are sending the message to the lame duck Congress that Representatives are misplacing priorities by desperately trying to pass the DREAM Act before (or to the exclusion of) extending tax cuts passed under George W. Bush. The findings come as
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Regardless of whether or not Congress passes the DREAM Act after the Thanksgiving break, the ranking member of the House Immigration Subcommittee seems dead set on reforming the concept of "birthright citizenship" as one of the first GOP actions in the 112th session. Set to take the reins
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Seeing immigration reform as the perfect 11th hour wedge issue against Republicans, and to hopefully solidify a foundation with their Hispanic base in 2012, Sen. Harry Reid has finally set some time after Thanksgiving to bring the DREAM Act to a vote in the waning hours of the 111th Congress.
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In what is shaping up to be a significant period for determining the direction of U.S. immigration policy, the California Supreme Court may have offered a preview of what is to come at the federal level with its unanimous ruling on Monday to uphold in-state tuition for illegal immigrants