FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Senators on Capitol Hill have re-introduced the bipartisan bill known as the "DREAM ACT".

A Thursday morning press conference marked the latest effort to help pave a pathway to U.S. citizenship for young immigrants based on merit.

The bill has been presented to congress at least two dozen times since 2001, when it was first introduced by Senator Dick Durbin.

"The dream is still alive. The dream is still righteous, that dream is still just, that dream is still alive and we are committed as ever to get it to the finish line," says California Democratic Senator, Alex Padilla, who was at Thursday morning's press conference in support

If passed, the DREAM ACT could change the lives of tens of thousands of people in the Central Valley.

The decades-long effort is

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