Senator Reid's DREAM Act Shot Down

You may not know, but Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) recently attached an amnesty bill (the DREAM Act) to an appropriations bill for our troops.

He also stuck in a bill to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the military. Today, all three bills got torpedoed.

The Dream Act (which proponents have tried to pass for years) is an immigration bill allowing illegal aliens who moved here prior to age 15 and who go to college a "Get-out-of-jail-free" card and go directly to being a U.S. citizens.

Basically, this bill bypasses our immigration laws. For more details, see http://michellemalkin.com/2010/09/21/dream-act-showdown-dems-hold-defense-bill-hostage-to-social-justice/

"The President recently expressed his support for Reid's efforts to move forward on the DREAM Act" while meeting with Representatives Velazquez and Gutierrez and Senator Menendez (all Democrats). http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/09/obama_at_gutierrez_menendez_ve.html

Reid also tried very, very hard to prevent any debate, hoping, I guess, to slip these bills by.
For more on all the wily tricks to try and get the DREAM Act passed, see here: http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/14784/128/

Playing Politics with our troops is not cool.