New push planned for DREAM immigration act: Thousands of high-school and college-age student-immigrants are lobbying Congress, introducing themselves to citizens by scheduling meals together and performing acts of public service to draw attention to the DREAM Act - a measure that seeks to provide legal papers for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States when they were children.
...The bill was blocked in the Senate when Reid introduced it before the midterm elections. Advocates and critics both say the odds of it passing in the next Congress are slim, given that a Republican majority in the House is expected to concentrate on immigration enforcement measures. And Republicans have vowed to block the new bill because they believe it would provide amnesty to lawbreakers and legal status to criminals.
