Dream Act Amnesty Fails to come to vote again!
October 24th, 2007From ProEnglish.org!
The DREAM Act which would have given amnesty to as many as 2.1 million illegal aliens and added enormously to the demand for multilingual government services failed today. The Senate vote to end debate (cloture) and proceed with the bill required 60 votes to pass. But the vote was 52 to 44, eight votes short of the 60 needed.
Thank you to everyone who sent emails and/or made calls to help block this very bad piece of legislation.
From NumbersUSA!
Cloture Vote On DREAM Act Amnesty Fails
(October 24) The Senate failed to obtain cloture on the DREAM Act amnesty (S. 2205) earlier this afternoon by a 52-44 vote, for which 60 YES votes were needed to prevent a filibuster. At this time, leadership from both parties are meeting to discuss further proceedings. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) were attempting to bring this nightmarish amnesty bill to the floor under Senate Rule XIV without it ever having been debated in committee. Earlier this morning, the Bush Administration issued a statement opposing the DREAM Act …
Apparently, the Bush Administration has issued a statement that they are against the Dream Act.. imagine that! Are they finally getting the message or are they trying to tell us what we want to hear?
Excerpt of Whitehouse statement:
The Administration continues to believe that the Nation’s broken immigration system requires comprehensive reform. This reform should include strong border and interior enforcement, a temporary worker program, a program to bring the millions of undocumented aliens out of the shadows without amnesty and without animosity, and assistance that helps newcomers assimilate into American society. Unless it provides additional authorities in all of these areas, Congress will do little more than perpetuate the unfortunate status quo.
The Administration is sympathetic to the position of young people who were brought here illegally as children and have come to know the United States as home. Any resolution of their status, however, must be careful not to provide incentives for recurrence of the illegal conduct that has brought the Nation to this point. By creating a special path to citizenship that is unavailable to other prospective immigrants—including young people whose parents respected the Nation’s immigration laws—S. 2205 falls short. The Administration therefore opposes the bill.
