Illegal immigrants pin hopes, again, on “Dream Act”
Tagged: Dream Act, studentPosted on: September 25th, 2007“The break she seeks could come this week, if the U.S. Senate votes on an amendment to a Department of Defense spending bill allowing illegal immigrants to earn legal status by enrolling in college or entering the military for two years.
The so-called Dream Act ”” short for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act ”” would apply to illegal immigrants under 30 who came to the United States before they were 16, have lived here for at least five years, graduated from a U.S. high school and stayed out of trouble.
Supporters estimate that U.S. high schools graduate about 65,000 such students a year. They say an estimated 360,000 college students or recent graduates could benefit.”
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