A Broken Promise?

The Dream Act is the most important form of immigration reform that is still strongly being requested by many undocumented immigrants across this country. President Obama has publicly expressed his desire to pass the Dream Act but so far during his presidency, he has failed to meet these requests and many undocumented students are becoming restless. This legislation bill has been pending for almost a decade and many of these students are tired of waiting and living in fear. Seeing how Obama has completely ignored the issue, many are starting to feel concerned as to when he is going to act appropriately and keep the promise that was made during his presidential campaign. The significant delay has many undocumented students worrying if their hopes and dreams can finally become a reality. Here is a video showing his desire to pass the Dream Act...



In my opinion, President Obama has taken far too long dealing with immigration reform. In the video, he clearly states that this issue must be resolved immediately but it's almost 2010 and still there is nothing. Even though he has only been in office for almost a year and with all of the other issues that he must deal with, more lengthy delay on this issue might be costly in the long run. Many American citizens do not understand how important the Dream Act can be for the United States. The amount of undocumented immigrants will continue to grow so it wouldn't make sense to leave them with nothing. Passing the Dream Act is as important as any other domestic issue that Obama must deal with so why does it make sense to wait any longer?