Though
Perez
Hilton was born of
Cuban parents, his coverage of the
DREAM Act was not a foregone conclusion, seeing as how the gossip
blogger's professional interest in foreign children typically begins and ends with
Justin Bieber. Not so this time. Not only does
Perez support the legislation, which would offer a path to citizenship
for students who entered the country illegally, but he's using the bully
pulpit to lobby the Senate to pass the bill.
"Come on, Senate!"
cheered Perez after the legislation won
passage
in the House yesterday. "Make it a filibuster-proof one! You can do it!"
George
Packer would like to
disagree.
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