Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007

A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.

10/18/2007--Introduced.
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007 or DREAM Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who:
(1) entered the United States before his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act;
(2) is a person of good moral character;
(3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
(4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma;
(5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and
(6) is under 30 years old on the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the conditions for conditional permanent resident status, including:
(1) termination of status for violation of this Act; and
(2) removal of conditional status to permanent status. Authorizes an alien who has satisfied the appropriate requirements prior to enactment of this Act to petition the Secretary for conditional permanent resident status. Provides for:
(1) exclusive jurisdiction;
(2) penalties for false application statements;
(3) confidentiality;
(4) fee prohibitions;
(5) higher education assistance; and
(6) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Charles Hagel
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
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Amendments

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 18, 2007

Latest Vote

October 24, 2007Roll call number 394 in the Senate
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2205 )
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 3/5 (60%)	Percentage of 'aye' votes: 52%	Result: Cloture Motion Rejected

Democrats Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
Sen. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
Barack Obama
Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]

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Republicans Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Robert Bennett [R, UT]
Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
Norm Coleman
Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
Larry Craig
Charles Hagel
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
Trent Lott
Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]

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Others Voting 'Aye'

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]

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Democrats Voting 'Nay'

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Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
Sen. Arlen Specter [D, PA]
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]

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Republicans Voting 'Nay'

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Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]
Wayne Allard
Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]
Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Elizabeth Dole
Pete Domenici
Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]
Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH]
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
Gordon Smith
Ted Stevens
John Sununu
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]
John Warner

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Others Voting 'Nay'

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Democrats Voting 'Abstain'

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Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]

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Republicans Voting 'Abstain'

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Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]

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Others Voting 'Abstain'

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Voting History

Date	Chamber	Question	Aye	Nay	Result
October 24, 2007	Senate	S.2205 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007 On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2205 )	52	44	Cloture Motion Rejected	See Vote

All Bill Actions

• Oct 24, 2007: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
• Unknown action
• Oct 22, 2007: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to measure presented in Senate.
• Oct 22, 2007: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
• Oct 22, 2007: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
• Added to calendar on Oct 19, 2007: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431..
• Oct 18, 2007: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
• Introduced on Oct 18, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.1221
• H.R.1275
• S.774

Related Issue Areas:

• Immigration
• Administrative procedure
• Administrative remedies
• Budgets
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• Children
• Confidential communications
• Congress
• Congressional investigations
• Criminal justice
• Department of Homeland Security
• Deportation
• Education
• Executive departments
• Federal aid to education
• Fines (Penalties)
• Fraud
• Higher education
• Illegal aliens
• Immigrant education
• Labor
• Law
• Naturalization
• Residence requirements
• Student employment
• Student loan funds
• Students

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In the News

December 21, 2007 It's still not just Imus

The DREAM Act was later brought up in the Senate as a stand-alone bill (S.2205). That bill was also blocked. On the January 16 broadcast of his radio show, ...

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November 03, 2007 Tucker off-base on DREAM opposition

Senate bill S.2205 would have allowed high achieving students whose parents brought them to the United States illegally to eventually earn citizenship. ...

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November 02, 2007 leaders upset with Senate block of DREAM Act debate

Last week, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) re-introduced the DREAM Act as a new stand-alone bill, S. 2205. ...

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January 06, 2009 Migra Matters: Support a DREAM at Change.org

... recommened (1), Reconquista (1), reform (7), Religion (1), remittances (1), reports (5), Republicans (18), riot police (1), RNC (2), root causes (3), Russell Pearce (2), S. 1639 (12), S. 2368 (1), S.1348 (10), S.2205 (1), s.2611 (6) ...

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December 26, 2008 The DREAM Act Revisited

President-Elect Obama released the following statement on the Senate’s failure to move forward to consider the DREAM Act (S.2205):. “We need comprehensive immigration reform in this country – reform that promotes our national and ...

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December 10, 2008 Migra Matters: Hearts of Darkness: A journey into the nativist lair.

... recommened (1), Reconquista (1), reform (7), Religion (1), remittances (1), reports (5), Republicans (18), riot police (1), RNC (2), root causes (3), Russell Pearce (2), S. 1639 (12), S. 2368 (1), S.1348 (10), S.2205 (1), s.2611 (6) ...

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