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Push Senate To Pass DREAM Act During Lame Duck Session
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About this Petition Petition Letter

After an attempt to pass the DREAM Act failed in September, Harry Reid promised that he would try to pass the legislation once again during this final chapter of the reigning Democratic Congress. The bill would provide a path to legalization for young people who attend college or enlist in the military.

Nancy Pelosi's office has been reportedly meeting with Reid's people to plan a fast-track strategy to bring the bill to a quick vote in both houses.

Sign this petition and tell your senator that you'd like to see the DREAM Act introduced and passed now.

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Pass the DREAM Act Now

Dear Senator,

I am writing to you to express the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) during the current lame-duck session in Congress.

The DREAM Act is a bipartisan proposal, which would create a pathway to citizenship for thousands of young students who were brought to the United States years ago as children. These children have grown up in our communities and include honor roll students, star athletes, talented artists, homecoming queens, and aspiring teachers, doctors, and US soldiers.

Even though these students were brought to the US years ago as children, they face unique barriers to higher education, are unable to work legally in the US, and often live in constant fear of detection by immigration authorities. Our immigration law currently has no mechanism to consider the special equities and circumstances of such students. The DREAM Act would eliminate this flaw.

By enacting the DREAM Act, Congress would legally recognize what is de facto true: these young people belong here. If Congress fails to act this year, another entire class of outstanding, law-abiding high school students will graduate without being able to plan for the future, and some will be removed from their homes to countries they barely know. This tragedy will cause America to lose a vital asset: an educated class of promising immigrant students who have demonstrated a commitment to hard work and a strong desire to be contributing members of our society.

A more educated workforce which contributes to our tax base is precisely the economic stimulus we need in these hard times.

I urge you to push for introduction and passage of the DREAM Act during the current lame-duck session of Congress, and to cosponsor the bill if you haven't already.

[Your name]

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