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The D.R.E.A.M. Act is a bill that was introduced in Congress on August 1, 2003, by Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah. If passed, undocumented immigrants would be eligible for higher education benefits such as in-state tuition. Each state would be granted the decision to determine who qualifies for in-state tuition and state residence. Furthermore, the act would confer conditional legal status to young people who lived continuously in the United States for 5 years prior to passage of Act and were below the age of 16 at the time of entry. The potential individual must also be of good moral character, meaning they have a clean criminal record are not currently sought for deportation. In addition, they must be admitted to an institution of higher learning or have earned a high school diploma or GED in the United States.
In Summary the DREAM Act would enact two major changes in current law:
· Eliminate a federal provision that discourages states from providing in-state tuition without regard to immigration status; and
· Permit some immigrant students who have grown up in the U.S. to apply for temporary legal status and eventually obtain permanent status and become eligible for citizenship if they meet certain conditions.
JIFM is part of the Youth CAN Coalition (Youth Changing A Nation)
which is national composed of youth organization from around the nation whose purpose is to advocate for the DREAM Act.
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