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'''The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act'''(S. 2075) is a [[United States]] bill that would provide a two step path to full citizenship to illegal aliens. There act was first introduced in 2003 and then reintroduced in 2005 by Democrat Senator [[Richard Durbin]] and Republican Senator's [[Chuck Hegel]] and [[Richard Luger]].<ref>http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/DREAM/Dream001.htm</ref> The bill would specifically deal with an estimated 65,000 undocumented students which graduated from United States high schools each year. <ref>http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=18168</ref>
==Qualifications of Act==
Only illegal aliens that fill the following are able to receive benefits from the act<ref>http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/03Releases/r-dreamact.htm</ref>:
#have lived in the United States for at least 5 years and were under the age of 16 at the time of entry;
#have graduated from high school or have been accepted to a college or institution of higher education;
#have good moral character;
#are not deportable on account of a criminal conviction, alien smuggling or document fraud.
==Qualifications for Citizenship==
Illegal aliens which fit the qualifications must do one of the following to obtain permanent citizenship<ref>http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/DREAM/Dream001.htm</ref>:
#obtain a diploma from a junior college or trade school;
#complete at least two years of a bachelor's or graduate program;
#join the Armed Forces and if discharged, be honorably discharged; or
#perform part or full time volunteer community service under the direction of the USA Freedom Corps or with an entity eligible to receive funds from the Combined Federal Campaign.
# or demonstrate both a compelling reason why they cannot meet the requirements, and exceptional and extremely unusual hardship if they were removed from the United States.
==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/immrefact.pdf Full text of the 2005 DREAM Act]
==Qualifications of Act==
Only illegal aliens that fill the following are able to receive benefits from the act<ref>http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/03Releases/r-dreamact.htm</ref>:
#have lived in the United States for at least 5 years and were under the age of 16 at the time of entry;
#have graduated from high school or have been accepted to a college or institution of higher education;
#have good moral character;
#are not deportable on account of a criminal conviction, alien smuggling or document fraud.
==Qualifications for Citizenship==
Illegal aliens which fit the qualifications must do one of the following to obtain permanent citizenship<ref>http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/DREAM/Dream001.htm</ref>:
#obtain a diploma from a junior college or trade school;
#complete at least two years of a bachelor's or graduate program;
#join the Armed Forces and if discharged, be honorably discharged; or
#perform part or full time volunteer community service under the direction of the USA Freedom Corps or with an entity eligible to receive funds from the Combined Federal Campaign.
# or demonstrate both a compelling reason why they cannot meet the requirements, and exceptional and extremely unusual hardship if they were removed from the United States.
==References==
<references/>
==External Links==
*[http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/immrefact.pdf Full text of the 2005 DREAM Act]