re: #1 Charles
As written, the DREAM act (HR 1751) has the following language:
(2) WAIVER- Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the grounds of ineligibility under section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the grounds of deportability under paragraphs (1)(E) and (2) of section 237(a) of such Act, if the Secretary determines that the alien’s removal would result in extreme hardship to the alien, the alien’s child, or (in the case of an alien who is a child) to the alien’s parent.

Sect. 212 (a) (2) A,B,C deals with criminal behaviors, including multiple offenses, drug trafficking. The hardship language also is in the Senate Bill

Does anyone else see this as a sticking point in the bill?