Democrats can DREAM
Following upon President Obama's immigration speech in El Paso yesterday, Senate Democrats will re-introduce the DREAM Act (in full, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act), which would give undocumented young people a path to citizenship if they go to college or serve in the military. The bill passed the House in December but met obstruction in the Senate, where, of course, Republicans will again do their utmost to block it.
So what's the point? Well, it's the politics, not the policy (although the policy is good), and it's all about the Latino vote and its possible inclusion in a long-term Democratic majority.
In this case, it isn't just that the DREAM Act is broadly popular, or that the
military supports it, it's that Latinos (or Hispanics, as the two terms
are generally used interchangeably), perhaps the key emerging
demographic group in the U.S., see it as essential.
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