Stage One- In order to obtain conditional legal residency:
Been in the U.S. since age 16 or younger and at least 5 consecutive years
Be younger than 35 years old (Rivera, 2013, p.5)
High School Diploma/equivalent or admission to an institute of higher education in the U.S.
Stage Two- In order to obtain legal permanent residency:
Maintain good moral character and at least one of the following…
Degree from 2-year college or vocational college in the U.S.
Completion of at least two years in a bachelor’s or higher degree program
2 Years of service in the U.S. armed forces and having received an honorable discharge, if applicable.
(Kim, 2013, p. 56)
The DREAM Act is a bill which would help illegal immigrants obtain conditional residency by either higher education or active military participation. After successfully completing the former, they have the opportunity to apply for legal permanent resident status. (Conger, 2011)
Check out this video I found on YouTube that gives a little more …show more content…
Many of our current events have given citizens a sense of xenophobia which is the fear of foreigners. (Monteith PhD & Winters, 2010, p.45 ) We have been taught to categorize everyone using the Social Identity Theory by putting the legal citizens in the “us” group and all the immigrants in the “them” group. (Monteith PhD & Winters, 2010, p 45-46. ) Because of acts like 9/11, drug cartels, or gang related incidents we discriminate against the whole group of these people because we assume they must be bad too if they come from the same country. Unfortunately, the racism that was once a huge part of our country has never completely gone away. It all stems from what we see and hear from the media and internet.(Whitaker, 2010, p.42) There are many reasons people oppose The DREAM Act as we saw in the previous slide, however in my opinion I believe that the main issues stems from not wanting outsiders in our
Been in the U.S. since age 16 or younger and at least 5 consecutive years
Be younger than 35 years old (Rivera, 2013, p.5)
High School Diploma/equivalent or admission to an institute of higher education in the U.S.
Stage Two- In order to obtain legal permanent residency:
Maintain good moral character and at least one of the following…
Degree from 2-year college or vocational college in the U.S.
Completion of at least two years in a bachelor’s or higher degree program
2 Years of service in the U.S. armed forces and having received an honorable discharge, if applicable.
(Kim, 2013, p. 56)
The DREAM Act is a bill which would help illegal immigrants obtain conditional residency by either higher education or active military participation. After successfully completing the former, they have the opportunity to apply for legal permanent resident status. (Conger, 2011)
Check out this video I found on YouTube that gives a little more …show more content…
Many of our current events have given citizens a sense of xenophobia which is the fear of foreigners. (Monteith PhD & Winters, 2010, p.45 ) We have been taught to categorize everyone using the Social Identity Theory by putting the legal citizens in the “us” group and all the immigrants in the “them” group. (Monteith PhD & Winters, 2010, p 45-46. ) Because of acts like 9/11, drug cartels, or gang related incidents we discriminate against the whole group of these people because we assume they must be bad too if they come from the same country. Unfortunately, the racism that was once a huge part of our country has never completely gone away. It all stems from what we see and hear from the media and internet.(Whitaker, 2010, p.42) There are many reasons people oppose The DREAM Act as we saw in the previous slide, however in my opinion I believe that the main issues stems from not wanting outsiders in our