Immigration Public date: 26.04.2021 01:40:19

Durbin: I think I’m close to getting Senate votes needed to advance DREAM Act

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said Sunday that he thinks he is "close" to securing the Republican votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster to advance a key immigration measure that would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said Sunday that he thinks he is "close" to securing the Republican votes needed to...
19 Sep 2020

Sen. John Cornyn runs TV ad touting his support of DREAM Act despite record of voting against it

Amid a tough reelection bid, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is airing a Spanish-language TV ad saying he supports the DREAM Act, even though he twice voted against it and once called its attempted passage a "political stunt."
Amid a tough reelection bid, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is airing a Spanish-language TV ad saying he supports the...
23 Jul 2017

Trumps Sympathy For Dreamers Does Not Extend To Actual Legislation To Help Them

A bipartisan group of senators offered President Donald Trump and his homeland security secretary a chance to put their money where their mouth is by supporting a measure to give protections to young undocumented immigrants through Congress, rather than through an administrative program the president opposes. The administration is not taking it.
A bipartisan group of senators offered President Donald Trump and his homeland security secretary a chance to put their...
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Republican teams with Democrat to re-introduce a version of the long-stalled DREAM Act

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin plan to re-introduce a version of the long-stalled DREAM Act, that would grant legal status to young people brought to the country illegally as children.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin plan to re-introduce a version of...
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