On Thursday, March 26th 2009, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) introduced the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act in the U.S. Senate (S.729 111th Congress)while Representatives Howard Berman (D-CA) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (D-FL) introduced it in the House of Representatives. (H.R. 1751 111th Congress)
Currently the DREAM act has 18 Co-Sponsor in the Senate, which include :
- Bingaman (D-NM)
- Boxer (D-CA)
- Dodd (D-CT)
- Feinstein (D-CA)
- Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Harkin (D-IA)
- Kerry (D-MA)
- Menendez (D-NJ)
- Murray (D-WA)
- Bill Nelson (D-FL)
- Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Durbin (D-IL)
- Reid (D-NV)
- Lugar (R-IN)
- Martinez (R-FL)
- Leahy (D-VT)
- Lierberman (I-CT)
- Kennedy (D-MA)
- Feingold (D-WI)
The DREAM Act needs to receive support from at least 60 Senators to pass in the Senate. Additionally the text of the new 2009 DREAM Act is now up on at the Library of Congress website. There is one new provision in this version of the DREAM Act, which includes the increase of the limit age from 30 yrs to 35 yrs. You can read the text of the bill here
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c111query.html and search by bill number S.729.
This week La Colectiva is continuing their petition and postcard campaign and will also continue to contact Congressmen to support the DREAM Act.
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