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“A CBS News/New York Times poll conducted last week shows that Americans support tougher immigration enforcement laws like the controversial Arizona Senate Bill 1070.” The problem now is how is illegal immigration going to be fixed said the head of the Customs and Border Protection agency. Bersin, the agency’s commissioner said any immigration overhaul should be based on principles of secure borders, a guest-worker program and a path to citizenship for people living in the U.S. illegally. He says many people will not tolerate another amnesty like in 1986 that allowed 2.7 million people to become citizens. The downside of no amnesty is that the government can’t deport 8 million to 10 million people.
A solution that I thought could be part of is the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act). This act is for those people who came here with their parents and finished High School, but can’t go to college, work legally, or pay taxes. This act would allow those people to make their dream come true. The requirements would be:
--if they were brought to the United States before they turned 16, are below the age of 35,
--have lived here continuously for five years,
--graduated from a U.S. high school or obtained a GED
--have good moral character with no criminal record and
--attend college or enlist in the military
--have lived here continuously for five years,
--graduated from a U.S. high school or obtained a GED
--have good moral character with no criminal record and
--attend college or enlist in the military
There hasn’t been any recent news to the status of this act, but there is hope that this act will pass.
*If you wish to support this act there is a website you can go to sign a petition http://www.dreamact.com/
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