U.S. Congress - S.2205 DREAM Act of 2007
S.2205 - DREAM 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. view all titles (3)
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- Short: Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007 as introduced.
- Official: 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. as introduced.
- Short: DREAM Act of 2007 as introduced.
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Roll call number 394 in the Senate
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2205 )
Democrats Voting 'Aye'
Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]Evan Bayh
Joseph Biden
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]
Hillary Clinton
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
Russell Feingold
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]
Blanche Lincoln
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]
Ken Salazar
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]
Republicans Voting 'Aye'
Robert BennettSamuel Brownback
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]
Mel Martinez
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
Others Voting 'Abstain'
Official Summary
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 hisOfficial Summary
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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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, ...
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. ...
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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The DREAM Act Revisited
President-Elect Obama released the following statement on the Senateâs failure to move forward to consider the DREAM Act (S.2205):. âWe need comprehensive immigration reform in this country â reform that promotes our national and ...
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