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08-05-2011, 09:54 PM #1
Are Democrats Turning Against the DREAM Act?
Are Democrats Turning Against the DREAM Act?
Nathan Pippenger
August 5, 2011 | 12:00 am
mong those active in the immigration debate, the prevailing mood right now is impatience with Washington. With national action paralyzed, movement is mostly found at the state level, in places like Maryland, where the debate over a state-level DREAM Act is now unfolding. The Maryland DREAM Act was supposed to go into effect in July, but, earlier this summer, its opponents mounted a successful petition drive, stalling its implementation and subjecting it to a general referendum in 2012. A lawsuit initiated this week seeks to overturn the effects of the petition. Amid the back-and-forth is a bigger question: Why, in relatively liberal Maryland, has the law had such a hard time? And if this is what happens in Maryland, does comprehensive immigration reform stand a chance?
Maryland’s DREAM Act was originally proposed in 2002. Passed in 2003, it was then vetoed by Republican Governor Robert Ehrlich. In April of this year, the law passed again, and was signed in May by Governor O’Malley. The law’s proponents knew about the petition drive at the time of passage, but many seemed to believe the opposition was limited. As one activist with the immigration rights group CASA de Maryland, the organization behind the lawsuit announced this week, told me, “colleges and universities, churches, civil rights groups, community organizations all support this law.â€Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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08-05-2011, 09:58 PM #2
[quote]“If a burglar breaks into your home and he is successful in breaking into your home,â€
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08-05-2011, 10:00 PM #3
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[quote="Ratbstard"][quote]“If a burglar breaks into your home and he is successful in breaking into your home,â€
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08-05-2011, 10:30 PM #4
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Maybe we should ask him?.....If he has not read all your post's you should invite him to?
Here is his contact info
House Office Building, Room 310
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Annapolis, MD 21401
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(410) 238-0025; fax: (410) 238-0035Illegal, or unlawful, is used to describe something that is prohibited or not authorized by law
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08-05-2011, 10:35 PM #5
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He'd never admit it
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08-05-2011, 10:43 PM #6
The cost of illegals to the state of Maryland is $1.7 billion dollars a year, it not a big state!
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08-05-2011, 11:04 PM #7
Why is it that, even if they were not illegal, they should get special treatment? If they have been here for years, then that should put them at the same advantage as Americans, so they should get no special treatment. If you are white and straight you are discrimminated against. HEY doesn't that make us special? LOL
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08-05-2011, 11:08 PM #8
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Originally Posted by agrneydgrl
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08-05-2011, 11:37 PM #9
[quote]His optimism had decayed into impatience. He has been living in the U.S. for over seven years, and his parents had been waiting for permanent resident status for five. “I can’t wait seven more years to get educated,â€
“Claiming nobody is listening to your phone calls is irrelevant – computers do and they are not being destroyed afterwards. Why build a storage facility for stuff nobody listens to?.” Martin Armstrong
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08-05-2011, 11:43 PM #10
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[quote="Watson"][quote]His optimism had decayed into impatience. He has been living in the U.S. for over seven years, and his parents had been waiting for permanent resident status for five. “I can’t wait seven more years to get educated,â€
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