President Obama met with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
yesterday, in which he and the Caucus agreed that immigration reform
remains a high priority for the next legislature. Obama met with the
Caucus Tuesday to work toward a new strategy to support the passing of
the DREAM Act, which failed to be passed by the Senate last weekend.
The DREAM Act would have opened the door for providing young
undocumented immigrants with a means to obtain permanent residency in
the United States. Undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S.
before the age of 16, have lived here continuously for at least five
years and are either in college or enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces
would have been provided a path to legal status.
In the meeting, held at the Oval Office, Obama “reiterated that he will
not give up on the DREAM Act,” according to the White House.
