Despite the midterm drubbing of House Democrats earlier in the month, it seemed as if not all was lost for advocates of immigration reform. One of the potential points of light piercing the gloom of the midterm returns was the possibility of pushing the DREAM Act through a lame duck congress. The legislation, which is designed to protect undocumented students brought to the United States as children from the threat of deportation, and ultimately offers a road to citizenship, has been stalled for the past two years largely as a result of Republic intransigence. Yet just as Republicans have taken back control of the House, passage of the DREAM Act seems more likely now that at any other moment since 2008.
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