Texas Sen. John Cornyn accuses Democrats of playing politics with immigration policy by forcing vote on DREAM Act

06:00 PM CST on Thursday, November 18, 2010
By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News
tgillman@ dallasnews.com

WASHINGTON – Texas Sen. John Cornyn today accused Democrats of playing politics with immigration policy by forcing a vote on a bill that offers legal status to 2.1 million young illegal immigrants through education, military service or fines.

Cornyn has supported the so-called DREAM Act in the past, but Thursday criticized Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to put it to a Senate vote after Thanksgiving – an effort designed in part to put Republicans in a political squeeze.

“It demonstrates, if Sen. Reid chooses to do this, his tin ear when it comes to what the America people are saying concerns them the most about our broken immigration system, and that is the lack of border security,â€