DREAM Act

The proposed piece of legislation called the DREAM Act, supported by President Obama is a bill that would allow students who have lived in the United States their entire lives to go to college, join the military, and eventually become a citizen. The bill was proposed in 2001 and was re-evaluated in 2011. Obama's administration gives several economic reasons for the DREAM Act such as:

-It will contribute to our armies by allowing immigrants to join the army.

-It will make our country competitive economically by allowing immigrants to go to school and become productive members of society.

-It will cut our nation's deficit by adding taxable future income.

-It will make the country safer by establishing who poses a threat to the country and who simply wants to live here.


In my opinion, this bill should be passed into a law. By investing in people who came from different countries but grew up as Americans, the country would be giving immigrants a chance to thrive and therefore boost the United States economy. Not only this, but is it the morally right thing to do; the logic of turning away immigrants when the majority of the country is made up of descendants of immigrants is extremely flawed.

Info found here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/12/01/get-facts-dream-act
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