A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.

Overview Sponsor: Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]show cosponsors (26) Cosponsors: Evan Bayh [D-IN] Joseph Biden [D-DE] Jeff Bingaman [D-NM] Barbara Boxer [D-CA] Maria Cantwell [D-WA] Hillary Clinton [D-NY] Larry Craig [R-ID] Michael Crapo [R-ID] Christopher Dodd [D-CT] Russell Feingold [D-WI] Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] Charles Hagel [R-NE] Thomas Harkin [D-IA] Edward Kennedy [D-MA] John Kerry [D-MA] Patrick Leahy [D-VT] Joseph Lieberman [I-CT] Richard Lugar [R-IN] John McCain [R-AZ] Robert Menéndez [D-NJ] Patty Murray [D-WA] Bill Nelson [D-FL] Barack Obama [D-IL] Harry Reid [D-NV] Bernard Sanders [I-VT] Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] Text: Summary | Full Text Status: Introduced Mar 6, 2007 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee (did not occur) Senate Vote (did not occur) House Vote (did not occur) Signed by President (did not occur) This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books. Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate under a new number in the next session. Last Action: Sep 26, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12090-12091) Other Titles: -- DREAM Act of 2007 Related: See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned.

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|date=Mar 6, 2007
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|quote=Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007
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