Sunday, December 19, 2010

The Dream Act is a Bust

This article is about how the DREAM Act, which was a proposed immigration bill that would give hundreds of  thousands of uncodumented students citizenship. The bill was passed in the House but not in the senate, being 5 votes short for them to pass. The main reason it didn't pass was because of the Senate Republicans, who opposed what the Democrats wanted which also means that hispanic activists were also hurt. What the article later talks about is how the Democrats are constantly fighting with the Republicans in Senate, and how they are trying to take back control in the House while also gaining more seats in the Senate. It further goes into detail explaining that the fight for this bill is not over and that there are pleanty more fights for other bills in Congress. It also says how even though the bill was not passed, the steps in arresting illegal immigrants will not change. They say how they will not take extraordinarily big steps in the arrest of illegal immigrants.
I believe it is incredibly idiotic that laws aren't being passed because of different parties. I believe that if a law is beneficial to the country, we should have it passed without hesitation and not have to worry about it not getting passed because a different parry proposed it. I can see why Republicans would deny it so that the Democrats to not get too powerful, but I believe that if something will help the country we should pass it. Should laws be prevented because two groups dont like each other? Even if it is beneficial to the country? Give your opinion, I would like to know about what you think about this.

1 comment:

kiko said...

Yes, it is unfortunate that the U. S. Congress is so partisan and that its members quibble with each other simply because of party politics, although some would argue with your assertion that the law is beneficial for the country. I do hope that the recent compromise that Obama spearheaded (about the extension of the tax cuts) will serve as a precedent to the members of the next Congress to cooperate better, especially because the upcoming Congress is so polarized. However, hopefully Obama did not turn away too many Democrats with his compromise on the tax cuts, because he will need their support in the upcoming Congress if he has any hope of being effective in the two remaining years of his term, let alone being re-elected in 2012.