Reid to introduce DREAM act in Defense Bill

[RinaX]

http://washingtonindependent.com/97398/reid-dream-act-will-be-added-to-defense-authorization-bill

Good news for DREAM Act supporters: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced today the act will be added as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. The bill would provide paths to citizenship for some undocumented students who came to the U.S. as children.

It’s been a long time coming for the DREAM Act, which was first proposed in 2001. It went up for a vote once, in 2007, but was eight votes short of overcoming a filibuster. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), one of the original sponsors, introduced the bill in this session in March 2009.



This plus the inclusion of DADT in the bill...amazing! :D

There's also a great diary on this over at DailyKos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/9/14/901903/-Breaking:-Reid-to-include-DREAM-Act-in-the-Defense-Appropriations-Vote-Next-Week

[kirby]

1. Wow, the bill specifically excludes Republicans!

* Must have good moral character

[Blue Owl]

2. I pray this dream doesn't turn into a nightmare

Don't fuck this up, Democrats, like you did with the 9/11 responders 2/3rds majority fiasco.