Stage six: Commentary on DREAM ACT

I found my colleague's blog on DREAM Act pretty interesting and an issue that the government should be concerned about. Every year about 65,000 US raised students who would qualify for the DREAM Act’s benefits graduate from high school. These include honor roll students, star athletes, talented artists, homecoming queens, and aspiring teachers, doctors, and U.S. soldiers. They are young people who have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives and desire only to call this country their home. Even though they were brought to the U.S. years ago as children, they face unique barriers to higher education, are unable to work legally in the U.S., and often live in constant fear of detection by immigration authorities.
Our immigration law currently has no mechanism to consider the special equities and circumstances of such students. The DREAM Act would eliminate this flaw. It is un-American to
indefinitely and irremediably punish them for decisions made by adults many years ago. By enacting DREAM Act, Congress would legally recognize what is de facto true: these young people belong here.
I strongly agree with the idea that DREAM Act, which provides a path to U.S. citizenship for hardworking and talented immigrant students who have been raised in the U.S., is critical to improving the pipeline from high school to college and providing meaningful employment.