Immigration Legislation: Alabama Senator outlines attacks on immigration reform plan with DREAM Act 'white paper'

The battle over the DREAM Act continues. You called it right, Frank Sharry, it's "demagoguery."

Jeff Sessions outlines attacks on immigration reform plan with DREAM Act 'white paper' | al.com:
"U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, is apparently taking a lead dog position for conservatives on the proposed DREAM Act, which proponents say would allow some illegal aliens a path to citizenship through military service but that opponents argue would throw a blanket of amnesty over millions of illegal residents.

A "white paper" analysis of the DREAM Act bears Sessions' signature and letterhead and is being distributed to congressional staffs and people outside Congress who are active or concerned about issues related to illegal immigration...

Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, said in a prepared statement that Sessions was giving immigrants the 'Sotomayor' treatment, a reference to his opposition to the appointment of the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor.

'Jeff Sessions is blowing the dog whistle of demagoguery to rally opposition to the DREAM Act,' Sharry said. 'He and his staff are trying to paint young immigrant kids – who grew up in America, did everything asked of them, and want the chance to go to college or serve in the military – as criminals and a drain on society. This is factually inaccurate and morally reprehensible. This type of attack didn’t work for Sharron Angle in Nevada in 2010 and it won’t work for the Republican Party in 2012 or long-term.'" Nov. 23, 2010, Alabama Press-Register