End of a DREAM? George LeMieux Stands Against the Measure

The DREAM Act has been tabled in the Senate as key Republicans show no sign of backing it -- including U.S. Sen. George LeMieux from Florida.

I am very sympathetic to the young people who entered our country illegally by no fault of their own, but I cannot support consideration of the DREAM Act without addressing border security, said LeMieux, who is considering taking on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012. I recently visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and witnessed the progress toward securing the border. Fully funding and replicating our security successes across the border would allow us to address the DREAM act. However, we are still far from achieving a level of border security that is acceptable to me or to the American people.