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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 18, 2007
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007 or DREAM Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) is under 30 years old on the date of enactment of this Act.
Sets forth the conditions for conditional permanent resident status, including: (1) termination of status for violation of this Act; and (2) removal of conditional status to permanent status.
Authorizes an alien who has satisfied the appropriate requirements prior to enactment of this Act to petition the Secretary for conditional permanent resident status.
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Provides for: (1) exclusive jurisdiction; (2) penalties for false application statements; (3) confidentiality; (4) fee prohibitions; (5) higher education assistance; and (6) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.
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Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D–IL
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Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 394. (consideration: CR S13306; text: CR S13306)
Senate roll call 394 · Individual votesMotion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S13300-13306)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S13202; text: CR S13202)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S13202)
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13097-13099)
Introduced in Senate
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