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Should Congress Pass on the DREAM Act? (The Hill)

Should Congress pass the DREAM Act allowing undocumented young people to earn citizenship if they meet certain educational or military service stipulations?

Adey Fisseha, Policy Attorney for the National Immigration Law Center, said:
Absolutely!  Enacting the DREAM Act means that we will be in a better position to meet the challenges of a global economy with a better educated, multilingual, multicultural workforce.  It also means more money to the federal, state and local governments in the form of social security, payroll and sales taxes to help close current budget shortfalls.  Our current immigration system has no path for these US-raised, US-educated students to fully engaging in our economy.  Deporting these students or allowing talented college-bound youth to stagnate in low-wage, dead end jobs is a waste of human capital, a squandering of our investment in these kids to date, and betrayal of our long history as a nation of immigrants.

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Tell Senator Durbin Your Dreams!

Today Senator Durbin is launching an effort to gather the stories of immigrant youth from around the country who would be eligible for the DREAM Act (a.k.a. “Dreamers”). 

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