Dream On

Sadly for our country, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was defeated in the Senate last week.  No, it actually wasn’t defeated, because it never came up for a vote.  There were fifty two senators who wanted to pass this important piece of legislation but couldn’t because of the intransigence of a few who refused to allow debate to be ended and a vote taken.  There’s that nasty Senate Rule 22 again. For those of you who haven’t followed closely, this is all about defining a process to deal with the children of illegal immigrants who were brought into this country by their parents.  I know, I know… some of you (and many...