Nearly a decade after the DREAM Act was first proposed, it passed the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday evening.

The legislation would provide a legal path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who attend college or serve in the military. A vote in the Senate could come as soon as this week but the bill’s prospects of passing aren’t so hot.

For an update on the DREAM Act, "Eight Forty-Eight" spoke to Telemundo Chicago’s Alba Mendiola.

Music Button: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, "Nuestra Cancion", from the CD Viva La Tradicion, (Concord)