"Why the DREAM Act Is a Nightmare"

Kris Kobach:

It is no secret that the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611), passed by the U.S. Sen­ate on May 25, 2006, contains numerous provisions that reward illegal aliens for violating federal immigra­tion law. What is less well known is that the Senate bill also condones the violation of federal law by 10 U.S. states. Indeed, S. 2611 expressly shields these states from liability for their past violations of federal law.

These absurdities are found in the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act provisions of S. 2611.[1] Just before the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the first version of the bill in the evening of March 27, 2006, Senator Richard Durbin (D–IL) offered the DREAM Act as an amendment. It passed on a voice vote and was in the compromise version of the bill that the Senate passed in May.

The DREAM Act is a nightmare. It repeals a 1996 federal law that prohibits any state from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens unless the state also offers in-state tuition rates to all U.S. citizens. On top of that, the DREAM Act offers a separate amnesty to illegal-alien students.

He goes on to tell the tale of yet another sell-out to Mexico by former California Governor Gray Davis who initially vetoed and then signed a bill from the late Marco Firebaugh that gives foreign citizens in California a better deal than U.S. citizens in other states.

Immigration · Tue, 08/15/2006 - 00:53 · · Importance: 1