Application for Deferred Action for DREAM-Eligible Immigrants Will Cost $465

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Application for Deferred Action for DREAM-Eligible Immigrants Will Cost $465

"Despite all the fanfare over the Obama Administration’s announcement of deferred action status for DREAM-eligible youth, it hasn’t actually begun. Eligible applicants must fill out a form to get the deferred action status for themselves, and that process will commence on August 15. And US Citizenship and Immigration Servicesannounced yesterday that the immigrants will have to pay the US government $465 for the privilege."

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DREAM Act Article Round-up November

DREAM Act Protestor in Phoenix

19 November 2010 Rocky road ahead for DREAM Act

"After failing to win comprehensive immigration reform during a period when Democrats controlled both the White House and Congress, immigration proponents are now hoping to use the lame-duck session to snag an 11th-hour consolation prize: the DREAM Act.

On Tuesday, President Obama pledged to personally lobby resistant members of Congress to support the bill. But even though the DREAM Act has drawn Republican support in the past, it's unclear whether the White House can win over enough Senate Republicans to make up for the handful of Democrats who are expected to vote against the bill."

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1 November 2010 Reid Promises DREAM Act Vote in Lame Duck, Win or Lose

"Harry Reid told Univision he would put forward a vote on the DREAM Act in the lame-duck session, regardless of the outcome of the midterm elections on Tuesday."

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Firedoglake

This article popped up in several places at once, all crediting David Dayen of Firedoglake:
Undocumented Students Not Being Deported: GOP Dream Issue, or Prelude to DREAM?
"xenophobia appears to be taking center stage this summer, both with respect to the Cordoba House Islamic center and the birthright citizenship issue. In short, as Peter King (R-NY) surprisingly admits, demonizing brown people seems to be driving a lot of what the Republican Party stands for nowadays..."
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