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| Title | Follow-up information on the DREAM Act S. 1545 |
| Body | From: "Kris Kibbee" I wanted to follow-up on the DREAM Act. As many of you know, the DREAM Act, S.1545 was scheduled to be marked up and voted out of the Judiciary committee today. However, the DREAM Act has been postponed until next week, Oct. 23, 2003. The DREAM Act was not voted on today because 4 senators opposed the DREAM Act and as part of their strategy to gut the legislation, they introduced over 30 amendments. After 2 and a half hours of debate on the underlying bill, Chairman Hatch stated the committee had run out of time and scheduled the bill for markup for next week, Oct. 23rd. The four Senators that stated their opposition to the DREAM Act are: Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas); Jeff Sessions (R-AL); Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA). These Senators said they opposed the bill because it would reward breaking the law, would cost too much to provide a college education to undocumented immigrants, would discriminate against other U.S. Citizens and that it would encourage further illegal immigration. These Senators need to hear from their home districts that their constituents are upset with their position on the bill. The bill was strongly supported by Senators Orin Hatch (R-UT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Arlen Specter (R-PA), Charles Grasserly (R-IO), Larry Craig (R-ID), and Russ Feingold (D-WI). These members should be contacted and thanked for their support, courage and commitment. These members that are supportive have been targeted by anti-immigrant groups, so we need to make sure they also receive the support calls and letters from their constituents. The message: Thank you for your support of the DREAM Act. As we move to markup next week, please keep the base bill, do not water it down with the amendments that are meant to gut the bill. I am attaching a contact list for the committee on the judiciary and also the letter NABE sent to the committee yesterday. Please contact your member is they are on the judiciary committee. I am also sending a summary on the changes made to the DREAM Act. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT ACTION YOU TAKE ON THIS BILL. It is very important we receive feedback. Thank you. Patricia Loera, Esq. Legislative Director National Association for Bilingual Education 1030 15th Street, NW Suite 470 Washington, DC 20005 phone: 202.898.1829 ext. 106 fax: 202.789.2866 email: P_Loera@nabe.org Web: www.NABE.org |
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| Inputdate | 2003-10-17 16:11:00 |
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