Thread: TIME TO ATTACK DREAM ACT AGAIN.............ACTION ALERT

SPIN , SPIN, SPIN.

A reply from Coleman:
dated 10/26/07

Thank you for taking the time to contact me concerning the Development,
Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2007 (S. 2205),
introduced by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL).

On October 24, 2007, I supported a procedural motion to allow the Senate
to debate the DREAM Act. This was not a vote for the bill. I would not
have supported the Durbin bill without significant amendments. Among
the provisions I opposed were: it would put alien minors on an
expedited path to citizenship ahead of other meritorious individuals; it
contains no application deadline and would allow persons to register for
its benefits decades from now; and its confidentiality provisions are
too restrictive in terms of not allowing the Department of Homeland
Security to use the information on a person's application for
appropriate enforcement actions.

I voted for cloture on the motion to proceed to this legislation after
receiving assurances from Senator Durbin in a colloquy on the floor with
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) that he would work with Senators to
remedy these key weaknesses through the amendment process. Had we been
unable to improve the bill, I would have opposed it in a subsequent
cloture motion. In fact, that was my philosophy on the comprehensive
immigration legislation we debated earlier this year. In that instance
I voted to allow the Senate to debate the bill, but once it became clear
that its flaws could not be fixed, I opposed cloture and the bill
failed.

There are some elements of the DREAM Act which I support. I would like
to see a path that allows illegal alien children of good moral character
to legally study, work and serve in the military in this country without
jumping ahead of others in the line for citizenship. I don't think we
should punish children for the actions of their parents. Many of these
children came here illegally , through no fault of their own. They have
grown up here and this is the only country they know. Also, because of
its provisions related to military service, senior Defense Department
officials have supported the DREAM Act as a way of meeting recruitment
goals.

In closing, my vote to allow this bill to be debated is consistent with
how I view my job as U.S. Senator : not to avoid debate on the tough
issues, but to try to find solutions and common ground. I voted to move
ahead with this bill and fix its flaws - but if my concerns weren't
addressed, I would have voted no at a later time. At any rate, the
motion to proceed failed to receive the necessary 60 votes, and the
DREAM Act was withdrawn from the Senate floor.

Thank you once again for your attention on this matter. I appreciate
hearing from you and hope you will not hesitate to contact me on any
issue of concern to you.

Sincerely,
Norm Coleman
United States Senate

Thank you once again for your attention on this matter. I appreciate
hearing from you and hope you will not hesitate to contact me on any
issue of concern to you.

All the politicians say the above.. A more fitting message would be:

Thanks for voting me into office, so I can do what I want ,when I want on what benefits me the most .I do not give a damn what the American people need or want. Please don't bother to contact me unless you are in agreement with me on the issues.

Originally Posted by April

Thank you once again for your attention on this matter. I appreciate
hearing from you and hope you will not hesitate to contact me on any
issue of concern to you.

All the politicians say the above.. A more fitting message would be:

Thanks for voting me into office, so I can do what I want ,when I want on what benefits me the most .I do not give a damn what the American people need or want. Please don't bother to contact me unless you are in agreement with me on the issues.

Well said!! and so true!

John McCain through the eyes of a Dreamer

http://www.cosaonline.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7726

Psalm 91

Sorry everyone, been busy taking care of lots of small things and getting bogged down with everything going on lately...

Anyway, thanks for working on the follow up. You'll be glad (? - well, maybe....) to learn that I've been compiling vote/history info on all the candidates, with a lot of attention paid to the most recent DA vote, which we can use in the next go round with AgJobs. So,... *I think* we'll be about as ready as we can be.

I'll be sending a few follow ups as well - now that I've basically caught up with everything...

Originally Posted by PhredE

Sorry everyone, been busy taking care of lots of small things and getting bogged down with everything going on lately...

Anyway, thanks for working on the follow up. You'll be glad (? - well, maybe....) to learn that I've been compiling vote/history info on all the candidates, with a lot of attention paid to the most recent DA vote, which we can use in the next go round with AgJobs. So,... *I think* we'll be about as ready as we can be.

I'll be sending a few follow ups as well - now that I've basically caught up with everything...

Thats great Phrede, thanks!

the Dreamer's are currently working on a proposal of their own and want it submitted before the end of the year. The sense of entitlement they seem to demand baffles me.

Originally Posted by jjsokay

the Dreamer's are currently working on a proposal of their own and want it submitted before the end of the year. The sense of entitlement they seem to demand baffles me.

I KNOW! WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY THINKING?

One thing I did not understand about the Dream Act is those student that have not been here 5 years but are in school, would this provide a progressive amnesty for them when next year when they would be here 5 years and on and on year after year? or is this a one shot thing?

It would have been the gift that kept giving, and giving, and giving, and giving............................................ .............................