Dick Durbin modifies DREAM Act; calls still needed

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Sen. Richard J. Durbin, trying to win support to pass his proposal to give legal status to illegal aliens who go to college or join the military [the DREAM Act], said yesterday he has dropped from his plan a mandate for in-state tuition rates and is promising to impose an age limit to cut the number of people who would be eligible...

...He has agreed to impose an age ceiling of 30 to limit the pool of eligibility, answering critics who said it was too open, and he is considering changes to confidentiality rules governing applications...

..."I would be opposed to it and will work against it," said Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican.

Even Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who was one of the most vocal Republican champions of the president's immigration bill, was noncommittal yesterday...

Sen. John Cornyn - who voted for it in conference - says it won't survive cloture. However, calls are still needed to help avoid "changes of heart." There's a list of those who need phone calls here.

Immigration2007b · Thu, 09/20/2007 - 10:17 · · Importance: 1