Why the DREAM Act Failed

From my article.

Link: http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-phoenix/why-the-dream-act-failed

It has been an historic week in Washington D.C. The problem is that only half of the story is really being told by the mainstream media. Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) has been repealed and the DREAM Act has been shot down. It's only the former that is being hyped. It is as if the failure the DREAM Act will be overshadowed by the passing of the DADT repeal. Of course this is not true and whether or not the mainstream media wishes to give the DREAM Act's failure its deserved attention, America knows what happened, and you and I know what happened. Illegal is illegal, is what happened.

WIFM

Obama was "disappointed that common sense did not prevail" in the DREAM Act. "The DREAM Act is important to our economic competitiveness, military readiness, and law enforcement efforts," Obama said in a statement. And a telling statement at that.

"Our nation is enriched by their talents and would benefit from the success of their efforts. The DREAM Act is important to our economic competitiveness, military readiness, and law enforcement efforts. And as the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported, the DREAM Act would cut the deficit by $2.2 billion over the next 10 years." The statement from the White House blog continued.

As we look at the blog posted on whitehouse.gov, certain things almost jump off the screen. Economic competitiveness and bold CBO predictions are of the first. Of all the lessons we have learned from this administration, they do little without their interests being placed before that of the people; the DREAM Act was no different. A picture of altruistic grandeur is painted while distorted facts hold the truth. According to the CBO report, the 2.[3] billion dollar deficit reduction boasted by the president is actually the governmental tax revenue to be generated by the new taxes placed on the immigrant worker. Additionally, the CBO report states the following; "CBO estimates that enacting S. 3992 would increase net direct spending by $912 million over the 2011-2020 period." What the report actually contains is a far cry from that of President Obama's claims.

Defiance of the law

Military readiness? How is military readiness connected to the DREAM Act? It's simple; under S 3992, a selected pathway to citizenship for those in the nation unlawfully was to be through military service. Sacrificed is not only "good order and discipline," but armed services regulations were to be cast aside to accommodate the non law abiding. Here is an example; Army Regulation 601-210, Chapter 2 clearly and unequivocally demonstrates applicant ineligibility for any individual in the United States unlawfully as it is explicitly required that applicants for service must be in the country lawfully; with supporting documentation. More telling is the fact that all branches of the service have similar eligibility requirements; none of the armed services provide unlawful residents a pathway to enlistment.

* United States Marine Corps; MCO P1100.72B, Chapter 3
* United States Air Force; AETCI 36-2002, Chapter 1
* United States Navy; COMNAVCRUITCOMINST 1130.8F, Volume II

These regulations, orders and instructions are written as such because they are all guided by federal law. Federal law prohibits military service of those in the nation unlawfully under Title 8 of the United States Code. All of which is overturned by a single sentence in S 3992, Sec. 13.

SEC. 13. MILITARY ENLISTMENT.

(10 U.S.C. § 504 : US Code - Section 504: Persons not qualified), is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:'(D) An alien who is a conditional nonimmigrant (as that term is defined in section 3 of the DREAM Act of 2010).'.

Dream on

The DREAM Act was about taxation of a currently untaxed population within the nation's borders, not the reformation of a failing immigration system as the nation was led to believe. Constantly the nation was reminded about the "broken immigration system" in the U.S., but at no point in S 3992 is repairing the failing national immigration system addressed. The DREAM Act was a mere ploy to generate taxable incomes and generating liberal votes. It failed because the bill was far more transparent than the government that proposed it.

As the presidential blog is entitled, "My Administration Will Not Give," it is important to remember that though the DREAM Act has failed, America has not seen the last of amnesty proposals for those in the U.S. unlawfully. What the administration wants is the tax dollars while making representations that reform of immigration is more than amnesty, though changes in the immigration process are not connected DREAM Act. The future holds more dreams for a deceptive administration than it does offer hope to those living on the fringes of American society.
Works Cited

10 U.S.C. § 504 : US Code - Section 504: Persons not qualified. (n.d.). Retrieved 12 19, 2010, from Find Law, Legal Professionals: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/10/A/II/31/504

Commander, N. R. (2008, 5 1). COMNAVCRUITCOMINST 1130.8H. Retrieved 12 19, 2010, from cnrc.nav.mil: http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/Publications/Directives/1130.8HVOL%20I_RecruitingOperations.pdf

DONALD L. PETERSON, L. G. (2009, 4 7). AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2002. Retrieved 12 19, 2010, from af.mil: http://www.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFI36-2002.pdf

George W. Casey Jr. General, U. S. (2007, 7 7). Army Regulation 601-210. Retrieved 12 19, 2010, from armypubs.army.mil: http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/R601_210.PDF

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Peter H. Fontaine, A. D. (2010, 12 2). Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Retrieved 12 19, 2010, from CBO.gov: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11991/s3992.pdf

Schulman, P. b. (2010, 12 18). The White House Blog. Retrieved 12 19, 2010, from whitehouse.gov: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/12/18/president-obama-DREAM-act-my-administration-will-not-give

Senator Richard Durbin, D.-I. (2010, 11 30). S.3992 - DREAM Act of 2010. Retrieved 12 19, 2010, from opencongress.org: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3992/text