Senate Votes On DREAM Act in Less Than 24 Hours
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture on the bipartisan DREAM Act last night for a vote as early as Saturday morning. The legislation would grant certain immigrant youth who were brought here at a young age conditional non-immigrant status and a chance to eventually become legal residents, provided they finish two years of college or serve in the military. After a decade of waiting and months of unprecedented organizing that included undocumented students putting themselves at risk of deportation and hunger-striking for days, this is the deciding vote, requiring 60 Senators in support of the legislation.
DREAM Act student organizers are relentlessly lobbying in DC, with more students heading to the Capitol. Students and allies are gathered at the Senate Dirksen building today holding a study-in session and planning further actions in support of the legislation. Thousands of Change.org members have sent emails and made calls over the past two years to get us to this point. Keep making those calls in support 1-866-587-6101 and jam