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?

What is the Dream Act?

Illegal immigration has been one of the most debated topics in the United States for a long period of time. As the number of immigrants will forever grow, the optimism and hope to one day achieving the American Dream will always continue. This land of opportunity, however, has quickly turned into a land of fear and discrimination, as many illegal immigrants fear deportation every day. The struggles of illegal immigrants will never diminish and it has become apparent to the younger generation, who face fear and discrimination in their journey to attend college. Under current law in the United States today, undocumented students are allowed to attend primary and secondary schools but cannot further their education in college. Many of the struggles for undocumented high school graduates deal with high college rates by being forced to pay out-of-state tuition without any federal financial aid from the government. However, there is one glimpse of hope for undocumented students, the Dream Act (The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors), which is a legislation bill that has been pending since 2001. Many major corporations and sponsors, including College Board support the Dream act, as it can potentially bring hope and opportunity to about 360,000 undocumented students in the United States. According to College Board, the Dream Act is the greatest wish that undocumented students can possibly ask for because it provides students with every possible chance to go to school, work and live in this country. In my opinion, it is essential to pass this act because the students being effected by this act have much potential to succeed in this country. If these students are deported, it would more difficult to pursue a career, especially since they have lived their whole lives in America. These students are basically American, but without a social security number. The Dream Act needs to be passed as soon as possible and President Obama has promised to pass immigration reform.

A New Direction

Much of America does not have a clue what the Dream Act is all about and how essential it really is for the future of our country. This is why I am starting this blog to really try to spread the word about the Dream Act and inform people about the great qualities that it includes. The Dream Act has been a pending legislation bill since 2001 which would allow undocumented students attend college without the fear of deportation. Undocumented students in America today are only allowed to receive primary and secondary education, which means by the time they graduate high school they are at a dead end with absolutely no hope or future ahead of them. As a college student myself, this topic is very important to me because I see potential in every student and just the thought of any student not being able to attend college after their high school graduation is a serious problem. Not many people know the opportunity and change that the Dream Act would provide for these students and in my future blogs, I hope to share the significance in this bill and logical reasoning as to why many more people should support in to be passed in government. I hope people who do not know much about the Dream Act will read my blog because I support the Dream Act and I think that more people should rally behind this bill so it will get passed sooner than later.