SENATE BILL: The 'DREAM' Act (Law'd)

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Edit: Eh... I originally voted Nay, but I'm really not sure. If my vote going to be critical here? Because part of me says to vote Aye, part of me says to vote Nay..

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I voted nay and then edited it out, Yankee.

I suppose I will vote... Nay.

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I tend to agree with Franzl, and I won't vote for this bill if it has a residency requirement based in school grades, let alone even more strict restrictions in that category.

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I object.

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This again is so difficult for me, as my own personal immigration politics are deeply conflicted. It is only fair and humane to allow those already here to work toward permanent residency, but I am uncomfortable with the idea that that sort of system will extend in perpetuity. We need a very serious and radical undertaking in fixing out immigration system more broadly, but until then, I suppose we should allow this system to be in place for all.

I'll vote Nay on the amendment. But don't take that as a statement of a sort of laissez-faire immigration politics.

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Am I on the far left or am I a tea partier! Which is it!

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I have no objections to the switch of sponsorship.

Nay on the amendment.

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I feel the GPA is too high, somewhere in the vicinity of 2.7 would be more appropriate. That aside, I support this bill in its entirety.

I tend to agree about the GPA requirements being too high, although I wish they weren't there at all.

Why not? Let's give lowering it a shot. I propose the following amendment:

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Phew, I'm glad that passed without me being able to be here, because I wouldn't have been very happy with myself if that failed because of me.

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Aye.

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Abstain, at least for the moment.

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I'll switch my vote to Nay, if possible.