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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>
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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> The bill failed to pass the Senate in September of 2010. But Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] has vowed to bring the bill to the Senate floor for a vote during the lame duck session of November, 2010.
    
==Qualifications of Act==
 
==Qualifications of Act==
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# 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.
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==See also ==
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== Act Would Allow Criminals Entry ==
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Republican Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] of [[Alabama]] released a "DREAM Alert" in November of 2010, revealing that at least one version of the legislation would allow qualified illegal immigrants up to the age of 35 to gain resident status, prevent the Department of Homeland Security from removing any illegal who has a pending application – '''''regardless of age or criminal record – and offers amnesty to qualified illegals with misdemeanor convictions, even DUIs.'''''
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The alert says that not only would the legislation put an estimated 2.1 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship, it would also give them access to in-state tuition rates at public universities, federal student loans, and federal work-study programs.
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Illegals who gain citizenship under this legislation will have the legal right to petition for the entry of their family members, including their adult brothers and sisters and the parents who illegally brought or sent them to the U.S. It is estimated that provision alone would double or triple the initial 2.1 Million "Green Cards" that would be distributed under the act. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/20/dream-act-allow-illegals-criminal-records-gain-residency-gop-says/ Fox News; "DREAM Act Would Allow Illegals With Criminal Records to Gain Residency"]</ref>
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== Also See ==
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* [[Closed Convention]]
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* [[Eighth Circuit]]
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* [[Agency]]
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* [[Illegal immigration]]
    
==References==
 
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==External Links==
 
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