It has been a long time coming for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, also known as the DREAM Act, to come true.<\/p>\n
After its inception way back in 2001, it is expected to be voted on the Senate floor this weekend in the Lame Duck Session. It appeared in its earlier days in many forms and interpretations. Today, there are approximately 65,000 students graduating from high school who are undocumented. Most have been brought to the United States when they were very young and have been accustomed and acculturated since most of them can remember. However, when undocumented youths graduate, they face an uncertain future and the chance of being deported back to a country they hardly know, and some with no relatives to seek out.<\/p>\n
Lacking legal status, the children are kept from obtaining the same benefits that U.S.-born children or those who have been naturalized have. The (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has been a long time coming for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, also known as the DREAM Act, to come true. After its inception way back in 2001, it is expected to be voted on…<\/span><\/p>\n