S.2205: DREAM Act Defeated in September,
may be Resuscitated

Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act

The lame-duck session currently in progress continues until noon, January 3, 2011, when newly elected senators and representatives take their oath of office. Right now, Congress is under pressure to pass several extremely dangerous bills during this lame-duck session. Until the new terms begin and the new Congress convenes, liberals remain in the majority in both House and Senate and can pass pretty much what they want.

The threat of bad legislation is real. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passed Congress during a lame-duck session. NAFTA is not a treaty, but a law never ratified by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate, although wistful supporters argue that NAFTA obligates the U.S. to allow Mexican trucks unrestricted entry into the United States.

Currently poised to be introduced again is the almost ten-year-old DREAM Act, that Congress defeated as recently as two months ago. The DREAM Act does much more than provide a path to amnesty and immediate green cards for teenage students. It, actually, applies mostly to adults up to age 35 and facilitates amnesty for other illegal aliens, including extended families, such as parents that brought the teens here illegally, PLUS various relatives they left behind.

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