Dream Act: TheDream Kids

 
The Dream Act was originally introduced in 2001 by Sen. Orrin Hatch, a republican or Utah along with Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, the bill drew 18 co-sponsors comprised of both democrats and republican.  It was made to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien college-bound students who are long-term United States residents. Many saw this as a good sign because it was a bipartisan bill that was sponsored by both parties.  The Dream Act is known as the e original Bill, called the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. The original bill introduced by senator Hatch and Senator Durbin was molded upon select principles and requirements which consisted of  the alien has applied for relief under this act within two years’ time, the alien could not be 21 at the age of application, must be attending an institution of higher education  in the U.S., the alien has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 5 years, and the alien must have been of good moral character during the period. The bill has endured numerous proposals and revisions. In 2010 Richard Durbin added provisions to the bill which made it stricter to appease the wishes of the senate republicans. Many felt as is this was a generous gesture seeing that the bill was drafted by both parties. The revisions included lowering the age cap from 35 to 30 on who could be eligible, specifically excluding anyone who has committed one felony or three misdemeanors; has engaged in voter fraud or marriage fraud; or has abused a student visa, requiring a medical exam and background check, requiring applicants to speak, read and write English. The vote took place in December of 2010. The House passed the DREAM Act by 216-198. In the vote it was noted that five Democrats voted against it and Those five votes could have gotten the DREAM Act to a floor vote.The right to educational resources shouldn't be denied based off citizenship due to the mistakes of parents,this is a rather unfortunate predicament to all families involved.