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61 relations: Acronym, Amnesty, Barack Obama, California DREAM Act, Center for American Progress, Chain migration, Chris Cannon, Chuck Hagel, Cloture, Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, Congressional Budget Office, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Democracy Now!, Democratic Party (United States), Dick Durbin, Don't ask, don't tell, E-Verify, Filibuster, Filibuster in the United States Senate, Financial crisis of 2007–2008, General Educational Development, Good moral character, Harry Reid, Higher education, Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Illegal immigration to the United States, Illinois, Immigration policy, Immigration reform, Joe Lieberman, John Cornyn, John McCain, Jon Kyl, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lindsey Graham, Luis Gutiérrez, Mel Martínez, Military discharge, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Pell Grant, Permanent residence (United States), Permanent residency, Plyler v. Doe, Republican Party (United States), Richard Lugar, Russ Feingold, Selective Service System, Ted Kennedy, ..., THOMAS, Trail of Dreams 2010, Undocumented youth in the United States, United States, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, United States Department of Defense, United States federal government shutdowns of 2018, United States Senate, Utah, 107th United States Congress. Expand index (11 more) »
Acronym
An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO or laser) and sometimes syllables (as in Benelux).
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Amnesty
Amnesty (from the Greek ἀμνηστία amnestia, "forgetfulness, passing over") is defined as: "A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of people, usually for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of people who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted." It includes more than pardon, inasmuch as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.
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California DREAM Act
The California DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act is a package of California state laws that allow children who were brought into the US under the age of 16 without proper visas/immigration documentation who have attended school on a regular basis and otherwise meet in-state tuition and GPA requirements to apply for student financial aid benefits.
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Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization.
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Chain migration
Chain migration is a term used by scholars to refer to the social process by which migrants from a particular town follow others from that town to a particular destination.
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Chris Cannon
Christopher Black "Chris" Cannon (born October 20, 1950) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, for the Republican Party, representing the third district of Utah from 1997 to 2009.
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Chuck Hagel
Charles Timothy Hagel (born October 4, 1946), The Associated Press, published in The News-Times, December 17, 2012.
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Cloture
Cloture, closure, or, informally, a guillotine is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end.
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA) was a United States Senate bill introduced in the 109th Congress (2005–2006) by Sen.
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (full name: Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007) was a bill discussed in the 110th United States Congress that would have provided legal status and a path to citizenship for the approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States.
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Congressional Budget Office
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government that provides budget and economic information to Congress.
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an American immigration policy that allows some individuals who were brought to the United States illegally as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the U.S. Unlike the proposed DREAM Act, DACA does not provide a path to citizenship for recipients.
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Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! is an hour-long American TV, radio and internet news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).
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Dick Durbin
Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Illinois since 1997.
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Don't ask, don't tell
"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration on February 28, 1994, when Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993, took effect, lasting until September 20, 2011.
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E-Verify
E-Verify is a United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) website that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees, both U.S. or foreign citizens, to work in the United States.
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Filibuster
A filibuster is a political procedure where one or more members of parliament or congress debate over a proposed piece of legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal.
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Filibuster in the United States Senate
A filibuster in the United States Senate is a dilatory or obstructive tactic used in the United States Senate to prevent a measure from being brought to a vote.
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Financial crisis of 2007–2008
The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the global financial crisis and the 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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General Educational Development
General Equivalency Development or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) tests are a group of four subject tests which, when passed, provide certification that the test taker has United States or Canadian high school-level academic skills.
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Good moral character
Black’s Law Dictionary defines good moral character as “a pattern of behavior that is consistent with the community's current ethical standards and that shows an absence of deceit or morally reprehensible conduct.” In United States law, good moral character is an ambiguous criteria that determines whether a person has a moral character that is good.
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Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is a retired American politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017.
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Higher education
Higher education (also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education) is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Division C of (often referred to as "i-RAI-ruh," and sometimes abbreviated as "IIRAIRA" or "IIRIRA") vastly changed the immigration laws of the United States.
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Illegal immigration to the United States
Illegal immigration to the United States is the entry into the United States of foreign nationals in violation of United States immigration laws and also the remaining in the country of foreign nationals after their visa, or other authority to be in the country, has expired.
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Illinois
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Immigration policy
An immigration policy is any policy of a state that deals with the transit of people across its borders into the country, but especially those that intend to work and stay in the country.
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Immigration reform
Immigration reform is change to the current immigration policy of a country.
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Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician and attorney who was a United States Senator for Connecticut from 1989 to 2013.
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John Cornyn
John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States Senator from Texas since 2002.
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John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat he was first elected to in 1986.
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Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl (born April 25, 1942) is an American attorney and politician.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American lawyer, businesswoman, politician, and diplomat who is currently serving as the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO.
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Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin Graham (born July 9, 1955) is an American politician and retired U.S. Air Force colonel serving as the senior United States Senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for since 1993.
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Mel Martínez
Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz, usually known as Mel Martínez (born October 23, 1946), is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007.
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Military discharge
A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from his or her obligation to serve.
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Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States Senator for Utah who has been the President pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2015.
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Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Vermont, a seat he was first elected to in 1974.
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Pell Grant
A Pell Grant is a subsidy the U.S. federal government provides for students who need it to pay for college.
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Permanent residence (United States)
United States lawful permanent residency, informally known as having a green card, is the immigration status of a person authorized to live and work in the United States of America permanently.
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Permanent residency
Permanent residency refers to a person's resident status in a country of which they are not a citizen.
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Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe,, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down both a state statute denying funding for education to undocumented children and a municipal school district's attempt to charge undocumented immigrants an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each immigrant student to compensate for the lost state funding.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
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Richard Lugar
Richard Green Lugar (born April 4, 1932) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013 as a member of the Republican Party.
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Russ Feingold
Russell Dana Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
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Selective Service System
The Selective Service System is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription.
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Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009.
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THOMAS
THOMAS was the first online database of United States Congress legislative information.
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Trail of Dreams 2010
The Trail of Dreams in 2010 was a 1,500 mile walk from Miami, Florida to Washington, D.C. created by four students to support the passing of the DREAM Act.
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Undocumented youth in the United States
Undocumented youth live within the United States without legal citizenship status.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation
The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) is a Committee of the U.S. Congress established under the Internal Revenue Code at.
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United States Department of Defense
The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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United States federal government shutdowns of 2018
The United States federal government shutdown of 2018 began at midnight EST on Saturday, January 20, 2018, and ended on the evening of Monday, January 22.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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Utah
Utah is a state in the western United States.
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107th United States Congress
The One Hundred Seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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DREAM ACT, DREAMer, DREAMers, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, Dream Act, Dreamer act, The Dream Act.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act
