But I will tell you, maybe my biggest disappointment was this DREAM Act vote.
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Marco Rubio of Florida -- are getting ready to introduce their version of the DREAM Act.
He rejected the DREAM Act that would provide a pathway to citizenship for some young illegal immigrants.
Strongly supported efforts in 2010 to pass the DREAM Act as a first step toward comprehensive immigration reform.
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The President believes and fought hard for the DREAM Act and believes that Congress ought to pass it.
But we have not been more aggressive when it comes to dealing, for example, with DREAM Act kids.
The DREAM Act would have conferred permanent-resident status on roughly the same set of immigrants that DACA covers.
During last year's debate over the Dream Act, Mr. Rubio tried to gather support for a less "broad" alternative.
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Now, instead of promising to veto the Dream Act, he invokes Sen.
Republicans helped write the DREAM Act because they knew it was the right thing to do for our country.
And at minimum, we should be able to get the DREAM Act done.
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If they can torpedo the GOP DREAM Act, they might just hobble Rubio.
We support the Dream Act but not his unilateral way of imposing it.
Usually one to stay away from the media spotlight, Powell Jobs has become more visible with her DREAM Act campaign.
Marco Rubio, who has been mentioned as a possible running mate, to draft a Republican version of the DREAM Act.
And a year and a half ago, Democrats passed the DREAM Act in the House, but Republicans walked away from it.
But during the Republican primary he said, I will veto the DREAM Act that would allow these young people to have access.
In an age when everyone is vying for victimhood status, the Dream Act youth are among the few who are genuine victims.
And he mentioned the DREAM Act, and he also mentioned visa reform.
Her plight inspired her to become president of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, where she promotes citizenship rights for people like her.
The President was a supporter of the DREAM Act as a senator.
Many of them backed the original DREAM Act, but the leadership couldn't even convince every Democrat in the Senate to support the bill.
He also opposed the DREAM Act, which would have offered legal status to young illegal immigrants who went to college or joined the military.
There is still time for Congress to pass the DREAM Act this year, because these kids deserve to plan their lives in more than two-year increments.
The measure has echoes of the so-called Dream Act, which offered permanent residency to young undocumented immigrants, but failed to pass after years of congressional stalemate.
Andiola is president and founder of the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition, which supports legislation to allow the children of undocumented migrants to attain documented status.
And I have said time and time and time again to Congress that, send me the DREAM Act, put it on my desk, and I will sign it right away.
The policy change mimics legislation called the DREAM Act, which Democrats were unable to push through Congress in 2010 because of a Republican-led filibuster in the Senate.
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