Akaka Disappointed by DREAM Act Obstruction

Statement

U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka issued the following statement today after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was blocked from receiving an up-or-down vote by 41 members of the Senate.

"I am disappointed that some of my colleagues chose to block this legislation. The DREAM Act would have provided children who were brought to this nation by their parents with an opportunity to earn a path to the American dream by serving in the military or getting a college education.

"These young adults are not lawbreakers. Their undocumented status is no fault of their own. Yet a minority of my colleagues used a procedural rule to continue to punish them for their parents' decisions."

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