The DREAM Act lives on (hat tip to Dinton)

Yes,we thought it was dead when Dingy Harry pulled it from a DoD authorization bill.
Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed to invoke cloture on a motion to use Senate Rule XIV to bring S. 2205, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) new stand-alone DREAM Act amnesty bill, to the Senate floor without ever having been debated in committee. The cloture vote, for which 60 YES votes are necessary to prevent a filibuster on the measure, is set for Wednesday, October 24.

The DREAM Act grants instant amnesty to any alien who can demonstrate that he/she:

• has maintained continuous presence in the United States for five years and was not yet 16 years old upon initial entry, but is no older than 30 years of age;
• is of "good moral character" and is not inadmissible or deportable on certain criminal grounds or on the basis of being a risk to national security; and
• has been admitted to an institution of higher education, has attained a high school diploma, or has obtained a GED in the United States.

Wait,there is more under this bill, once an alien files an application for amnesty,

• the Federal government would be prohibited from deporting him.
• Federal officers would be prohibited from either using information from the application to deport the alien or sharing that information with another federal agency, under threat of up to $10,000 fine.
• Consequently, an alien's admission that he has violated Federal immigration law could not be used against him – even if he never had any chance of qualifying for the DREAM Act amnesty in the first place.
• The DREAM Act also would make illegal aliens eligible for Federal student loans and Federal work-study programs – another benefit that law-abiding foreign students cannot receive – all at taxpayer expense.

Please tell me how the government has any way of verifying that someone met the first requirement. DHS let a man with drug-resistant TB cross the border 76 times before taking 6 weeks to notify its own border security. What makes you think that DHS can verify whether or not someone had not reached the age of 16 before entering our country. What exactly is the definition of "good moral character"? What I consider good moral character is not illegally entering a country in the first place but Senators Reid and Durbin will let the government decide for us. Government is never the answer. Basically, all illegal aliens have to do to meet these requirements is walk into an office and signing a form saying they meet the requirements.

MICHELLE MALKIN brought up another ramification regarding fairness if this bill is signed into law.

"An illegal alien who applies for this nightmare of an amnesty would be
allowed to count his years under “conditional” green card status toward the five
years needed for citizenship. On top of that, the illegal alien could claim
“retroactive benefits” and start the clock running the day that the DREAM Act is enacted. In combination, these two provisions would put illegal aliens on a high-speed track to U.S. citizenship, moving from illegal alien to U.S. citizen in as little as five years. Lawfully-present aliens, meanwhile, would have to continue to follow a slower path to citizenship."

Alabama Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions are on the record opposing this bill

UPDATE: Send a FAX to your representative and ask them to oppose the DREAM Act Amnesty