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Bloggings on Immigration Law and Policyby Greg Siskind
Should Watered-Down DREAM Act Pass?Romney and Gingrich both are backing a GOP-sponsored bill that would gut the DREAM Act to allow a path to permanent residency only for those joining the military. Going to college would not be an option. Senator Durbin, a big backer of the DREAM Act says he's not going to support this plan:
But other Democrats like Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are interested in discussing supporting the bill. It's a tough call, but I've said many times in this blog that I support piecemeal immigration reform. We have virtually no pro-immigration legislation pass in this country since comprehensive immigration reform was introduced in 2004 and it is largely because pro-immigration groups have blocked everything in hopes of keeping up the pressure to pass a comprehensive bill. That strategy was a logical one, but only up to a point. Once it became clear a few years ago that even with the Democrats enjoying maximum power, Republicans would block comprehensive reform via the filibuster, this strategy should have been dropped (unless the Dems push through filibuster reform but unfortunately, they don't seem to have the will to do so). I say take the deal and keep pushing for more.
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