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Dream Act has not been passed
I received an email the other day and wondered if it were true. It reads: "Last Friday, with no fanfare, no press coverage, and every effort made to hide his actions from the American people, President Obama enacted the DREAM Act by executive order. "Opposed by a majority of American people and twice defeated in Congress, the DREAM act grants amnesty to illegal aliens residing in the United States if she/he agrees to join the U.S. Military or enter college. ..."
Some version of this email has been making the rounds for more than a year. It wasn't true then, and it isn't true now.
The federal Dream Act (Dream is an acronym for development, relief and education for alien minors) would create a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants who are college students or military service members.
A bill with the same intent was originally introduced in the Senate in 2001 and some version of it has been around since then. The most recent was introduced in 2011, but wasn't passed.
In his State of the Union speech Jan. 24, President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass the bill. But he has never issued an executive order enacting the bill.
What did happen is that Immigration and Customs enforcement director John Morton issued a memo to immigration officials setting priorities on who should not be detained or deported. Nineteen factors were to be weighed, the memo said, including time spent in the United States and whether an undocumented immigrant was pursuing an education.
Morton said the guidelines were issued because of limited resources.
Koch brothers: philanthropists
The Koch brothers seem to have an infinite amount of money to contribute to the Republican candidates of their choice. Do they contribute to any charitable foundations?
The Koch family has been giving to charitable institutions through several foundations for nearly 60 years, according to the Koch Family Foundations' website, Koch FamilyFoundations.org.
The Koch family, which made its fortune in oil, has funded "cancer research and a number of arts and science organizations, including the American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History," according to the website.
Foundation projects include the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, the Great Plains Nature Center in Wichita, Kan., and the Bill of Rights Foundation in Arlington, Va.
David Koch has become one of New York City's most prominent philanthropists, according to The New Yorker. David Koch and his brother Charles Koch are worth $25 billion each, according to Forbes.
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