Posted by: Phantom Lethal December 11, 2010
DREAM act
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Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act ( the DREAM ACT)
Well, it was an act initiated in 2001 which was reintroduced in 2009, but it doesnt look like the bill will be passed till another decade..hehehe
Its an act that would provide certain illegal and deportable alien students who graduate from US high schools, who are of good moral character, arrived in the U.S. illegally as minors, and have been in the country continuously and illegally for at least five years prior to the bill's enactment, the opportunity to earn conditional permanent residency if they complete two years in the military or two years at a four year institution of higher learning. The students would obtain temporary residency for a six year period. Within the six year period, a qualified student must have "acquired a degree from an institution of higher education in the United States or [have] completed at least 2 years, in good standing, in a program for a bachelor's degree or higher degree in the United States," or have "served in the uniformed services for at least 2 years
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