The Dream Act

The DREAM Act: a bill that should be passed before the next elections Two senators first introduced the DREAM Act in congress. Senator Dick Durbin of the Democratic Party and senator Orrin Hatch of the Republican Party came together to form a plan and introduce this bill to congress. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors. The bill’s purpose was to the grant undocumented immigrants temporary residency and after meeting further qualifications, permanent residency.

After a number of attempts, the federal Dream Act legislation has still not passed. Despite the difficulty the federal government has had on passing the DREAM Act, several states have taken it on their own initiative to create their own version of the DREAM Act. “Currently, at least seventeen states have laws allowing students who meet specific requirements, regardless of their immigration status, to pay in-state tuition rates at public postsecondary institutions” (Table). Supporters believe the federal DREAM Act will impose significant benefits to both the United States and immigrant populations and will continue to push to get the legislation passed.

The American Dream America has been a new and hopeful country for over 200 years. People have been coming to America for many reasons such as having a family or owning a business. The American Dream means something different to everyone, they may want to be able to provide for their family or have a better education, everyone is different, so everyone has a different American Dream. One example of someone who has achieved their American Dream is Ellen DeGeneres. She discovered her talents and used them to her advantage.

Undocumented Students In today’s society there is a HUGE problem that the public is facing, a problem called immigration, but deeper than this is a problem called undocumented students. For centuries America has been labeled as “The Land of Opportunity” a meaning that means the world to most immigrants, so why are families most importantly the future generations excluded from the “American Dream”? An undocumented student can not succeed when they are constantly being thrown curve balls that target immigrant students to be unsuccessful. Chasing the “American Dream” has been the only crime undocumented students have ever committed, and of course they pay the price, from not being able to successfully be able to have a college career, having

Running Head: THE DREAM ACT Name Course Instructor Date Is the Dream Act helpful to undocumented immigrants in the United States? After being around for many years, the bill of Dream Act has reintroduced Lindsey Graham, Senator for South Carolina and other participants. A discussion between the president of U.S and congressional Democratic leaders focused on the combination of the Dream Act and the issue of border security as the components of the overall immigration deal.

According to politician Leonard Boswell, “The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one 's children, and hav[ing] a secure job to provide these and other goals.” There are a multitude of people around the world who accept this umbrella definition of money and security being interchangeable with success. And yet, for one of the first times in American history, most parents do not believe that their children are going to be more prosperous than they were (Martin). The American Dream is a concept that can never be easily defined, measured, or calculated. Instead, it morphs to societies changes throughout the generations.

Citizens that are born in the U.S. are required to go to school to get an education so each and every citizen can have a great future. Why shouldn’t the kids of illegal immigrants not be able to go to school to have a good future? When the kids of illegal immigrants start U.S. schools, they feel like they’re equal to the kids that don’t have parents that are immigrants. When in school, they feel like they could actually live an American life and not be treated differently just because their guardians are immigrants. Kids of illegal immigrants should be able to go to school because most of the illegal immigrants enter the U.S. so their kids can have a better future than they (parents) do, schools can help the kids of illegal immigrants with their tuition, the United States has better schools than other places in the world.

One of the most notable accomplishments in the immigration reform has been The Dream Act. Maybe this is not what immigrants were expecting, but at least they are a little bit closer to obtaining what they always wanted: a full immigration reform. The Dream Act was enforced in 2012 by the president, Barack Obama, and it’s a kind of immigration reform for people younger than 30 years old and that were students in the U.S. Duhita Mahatmya is an Assistant Professor at in New Century College where she specializes in childhood studies. She states that the referred action is going to help to “Eliminate federal provisions that penalize states for granting undocumented students in-state tuition (as of May 2013, 14 states allow lower tuition for undocumented

On March 29, 2006 people of the Hispanic race walked out in protest to the labor laws. Utahans marched together, young, old, some of other races and religions. I was among the thousands, who believed in equality. As a young, soon to be mother, with feet swollen and my body ready to give up, I marched with my head high and sang “SI SE Puede”. I was shocked at the hatred that many of my neighbors showed upon us.

The American Dream The American dream is defined as the idea that every United States citizen should have equal opportunities to attain success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. A man named James Truslow Adams, an American Historian ("What Is the American Dream?"). The American dream was established around 1931 when the book, “The Epic of America”, was published by Adams ("What Is the American Dream?"). Three works that define the American dream are “A Streetcar Named Desire”, “Death of a Salesman”, and “Recitatif “.