[Ayatollahgondola]

If the DREAM act manages to squeek through both houses, it doesn't have to play out in the worst case scenarios that we have foretold when arguing with fence sitters and oppositional activists.

The next congress holds a bit more promise in reeling in our out of control immigration system. For instance, as the code is written now, newly amnestied ....uh...students could sponsor other family members, spurring the feared "chain migration" that causes a 5 to ten fold increase in legal immigration. We could lobby congress to change that portion of the code before the newly legalized could make use of it. In addition, Congress could revisit the enforcement portion of removals to clear out more non-DREAM'ers to make an impact on the overall quantity of foreigners here. It's a numbers game to some degree; amnesty for 2 million, deportation for 5 or 6 million others.
The point is, we still have options and a more promising future. Look for strategies we can use to impact our goal. Overall, we want less illegals and lower immigration from already abusive countries. If the DREAM act passes, we should hold it over the heads of whatever sympathizers we do have in both houses as an indebtedness. For every DREAM act stepchild we legalize, we demand 5 illegals be deported. Don't let's get demoralized by this if it comes to pass. Congress is fluid, as is most of what they do. We just have to learn how to shape fluid medium to our advantage.