Opponents mobilizing to block DREAM

by By Reynold N. Mason JD
Jornal News Service

Atlanta, Nov.22, 2010. Last week across the country DREAM act supporters mobilized, holding rallies from California to New York to get legislators to vote the bill into law in this session of congress. Students at UCLA and Cal State held rallies joined by faculty and staff to keep the pressure on lawmakers and nudge those still on the fence to push the bill over the final hurdle. In New York, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus joined several pro- immigration groups at a rally in Brooklyn.

But Dream Act opponents are pushing back. Senator Jeff Sessions last Thursday released a “Dream Alertâ€