It's a grey, gloomy morning in Los Angeles. Steady rain is falling.
The US Senate just voted not to bring the DREAM Act to a vote, 55 in favor, 41 against it.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-pn-1218-senate-dadt-dream-20101219,0,5635931.story
Many of them had previously favored the Dream Act, but in the economic downturn anti-immigrant sentiment has increased.
Students I know will remain in limbo, required to go to Mexico for ten years and then apply to immigrate to the US.
Some of them were brought to the US as infants. They have no idea how to make a life in Mexico. They have degrees from US colleges, honors from US high schools.
I and thousands of others will write/email/call each one of the Senators who voted no. They will be held accountable.
At least the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell will probably pass. The Senate just voted to bring it to a vote, so within hours or days, one of the last legal forms of discrimination in the US will be history--not present reality.
Of course, the Equal Rights Amendment--the ERA--still has not been ratified. US legislators still fear to add that key sentence to the Constitution: "P.S. All of the above applies to women."
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