DREAM Act activists remain optimistic as the Senate vote looms

Passed the House 216 to 198 late Wednesday
John Stroud
Post Independent Staff

December, 10 2010 11:40 pm

Local supporters of the DREAM Act are cautiously optimistic after the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week passed the historic legislation aimed at providing a path to legal status for young, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States illegally by their parents.

Efforts to bolster support for the bill are now directed at the U.S. Senate, which postponed a vote on Thursday. The move was intended to buy some time so supporters can line up the necessary votes to try to pass the measure and send it to President Obama.

“We're very hopeful that those who have supported this bi-partisan measure in the past will remember the reasons why they stood up for it in the first place and vote in favor of it,â€