DREAM Act

The DREAM Act has not been without critics. Many critics think the DREAM Act will translate to amnesty for people who illegally enter this country (Rivera; Barron). Others claim it will increase crime or other illegal activities (Rivera; Mahoney; Barron; Kim), though there is not much compelling evidence for that claim (Perez). Many critics claim that the influx of immigrants will burden America’s economy as these illegal immigrants take advantage of public assistance (Mahoney; Barron). These…

examine the support for the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act for this project. A strong connection to the issue as an undocumented youth myself inspired me to learn about my community’s perspective on legislations for undocumented immigrants, especially undocumented students. According to College Board, approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high schools all over the country each year (Gonzales, 2009).The DREAM Act would open the possibility…

Is it morally sound to punish people for the crimes committed by their parents? One aspect of the DREAM Act, is a requirement for applicants to have graduated from high school or obtained a GED, and attends college or serves in the military for two years. According to Mariscal, “The DREAM Act could conceivably open the floodgates to the some 750,000 undocumented military age youth.” Should a DREAM Act applicant not indeed earn the respect, if not citizenship for volunteering to serve in the…

so often? All this could be solved with the DREAM Act that would be implemented to allow for illegal immigrants (who fit the required criteria) to be allowed to pursue their secondary education, go into the military, and begin their track to earning citizenship. The DREAM Act will keep our nation on top of the competition in this time of globalization and flattening of the world by finding new curious and passionate minds who are willing…

The United States of America: where many dreams can come true with hard work and dedication. Everyone sees this country as the greatest place to live, a place that gives so many people the opportunity of achieving one’s biggest dreams. This is a place that allows anyone to rise from nothing to become someone important. In this essay, I am going to explain what DACA is, how it compares to the DREAM Act, and what it means for so many young people that finally attained the opportunity of feeling…

The second way the DREAM Act benefits American security is that it gives immigration and border security experts the ability “to focus on those who pose a serious threat to our nation’s security” (Miranda). In other words, the DREAM Act “provides a firm but fair way to deal with innocent children” brought by their parents and frees these experts to focus on “detaining and deporting criminals” and other threats (Miranda). In other words, those individuals responsible for securing the country’s…

but all those dreams are crumbled to pieces when they try to go to college due to being an illegal immigrant. This is an issue around 65,000 youth immigrants have to go through and this isn’t only from north American countries but from all around the world. But they weren’t alone in this they had both a republican and a democratic on there side. Orin Hatch and Dick Durbin first introduced the dream act to the senate in 20001.i believe the senate should pass some form of the dream act it will not…

immigration. The latest attempt to tame immigration was in 1986, and it was called “The Dream Act”. This acted failed for many reasons in my point of view, but in the point of Brad Plumer he sees that The Dream Acted failed by within the act itself. Brad believes that immigrants had taken advantage of you act and found loops in the dream act and used them to their advatage. Brad Plumer (Why the Dream Act Failed?); ¨The dream act of 1986 failed because the system was not constant and had…

[7] Some proponents of the DREAM Act argue that barring undocumented students from higher education is a violation to equal protection. The precedent case of Plyler v. Doe is argued on the grounds of Equal Protection Clause, which only applies to primary and secondary education. Particularly, the Court heightened its scrutiny in that case because of the subject group’s “young age” and “lack of culpability” (Manuel, 2014). It also established that children “can affect neither their parents’…

Under the froth was green algae. Beneath the algae was stagnant, yellow water. He brought handfuls to his parched lips. He was so thirsty it tasted wonderful.” Immigration. This is an issue that continues to be debated and the DREAM Act lies at its core. The DREAM Act is…