As Nelson Mandela, one of the most renowned an influential human rights advocate once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” It is evident that pursuing a higher education is a necessity in today’s society. According to College Board.com students who attend college have more personal, financial and other lifelong benefits. However, students are not the only beneficiaries, Taxpayers and society as a whole also obtain a profusion of benefits when citizens have access to higher education (Baum and Payea 7). Thus it would be astute to allow those who are hankering for a higher education to obtain a college degree. Meanwhile, there are approximately 1.4 million undocumented students in the United States,
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According to the Golden door Scholars, The median household income of undocumented immigrants is 30 percent less than U.S born families. Remarkably, it is unfair that undocumented students have to pay out of state tuition to attend college in a state where they’ve been living basically all their lives, while the difference between in state and out of state tuition is $20,000 per year. U.S born families whose median household income is more than the undocumented families’ struggle to pay in-state tuition to attend college imagine why most undocumented students don’t attend college. When these students finally attend college, earn a degree, and get a good paying job they will be able to pay tax payers back their money that they’ve been using since primary school which will improve the U.S economy greatly. The DREAM Act will allow these students to have the opportunity to attend college or join the U.S military and become the successful citizens that they hope to …show more content…
According to the article The Economic Benefits of passing the DREAM Act, by Juan Carlos and Raul C. Jara passing the DREAM Act would create 1.4 million jobs, adding a total of $329 billion to the American economy by 2030 (Guzman and Jara). Since finish high school and some college level education are necessary to qualify for legalization under the Act, this will increase the number of students who finish high school and obtain a college degree, which is beneficial to the U.S economy because these students will have access to higher paying jobs. Guzman and Jara also state in their article that in result of the passage of the DREAM Act Dreamers will earn 19 percent more from their jobs, this will allow Dreamers to put more money into the U.S economy and pay more taxes which in theory will help them repay the cost of their
According to the Golden door Scholars, The median household income of undocumented immigrants is 30 percent less than U.S born families. Remarkably, it is unfair that undocumented students have to pay out of state tuition to attend college in a state where they’ve been living basically all their lives, while the difference between in state and out of state tuition is $20,000 per year. U.S born families whose median household income is more than the undocumented families’ struggle to pay in-state tuition to attend college imagine why most undocumented students don’t attend college. When these students finally attend college, earn a degree, and get a good paying job they will be able to pay tax payers back their money that they’ve been using since primary school which will improve the U.S economy greatly. The DREAM Act will allow these students to have the opportunity to attend college or join the U.S military and become the successful citizens that they hope to …show more content…
According to the article The Economic Benefits of passing the DREAM Act, by Juan Carlos and Raul C. Jara passing the DREAM Act would create 1.4 million jobs, adding a total of $329 billion to the American economy by 2030 (Guzman and Jara). Since finish high school and some college level education are necessary to qualify for legalization under the Act, this will increase the number of students who finish high school and obtain a college degree, which is beneficial to the U.S economy because these students will have access to higher paying jobs. Guzman and Jara also state in their article that in result of the passage of the DREAM Act Dreamers will earn 19 percent more from their jobs, this will allow Dreamers to put more money into the U.S economy and pay more taxes which in theory will help them repay the cost of their