Immigration Law
Immigrant Graduate Bill Loses in Test Vote
Posted Oct 25, 2007, 06:43 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A bill criticized by conservatives for providing “backdoor amnesty” to illegal immigrants has failed in a test vote.
The bill to give legal status to high school grads failed to get the 60 votes needed for debate, the New York Times reports. To be eligible, students must arrive here before the age of 16, be under the age of 30, and live here at least five years.
The White House had opposed the measure, saying it needed to be coupled with strong measures to battle illegal immigration. It issued a statement saying the bill would establish a "preferential path to citizenship for a special class of illegal aliens," the Washington Post reports.
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Posted by J.D. - 10 months, 1 week, 4 days, 13 hours, 26 minutes ago
Title Correction: “Illegal Alien Amnesty Bill Fails”
The first sentence also needs to be corrected. Considering plenty of republicans pushed this “DREAM” Act, and considering plenty of democrats opposed it, it’s inaccurate to suggest that it was only criticized by conservatives.
In reality, Americans of ALL political stripes overwhelmingly opposed it and made thousands of calls to Congress over the past few days.
Since this is the FIFTH time the DREAM Act has failed, is there any chance Reid-Durbin-Hagel-Martinez will get a clue and stop trying to shove this down our throats?