Everyone is called to the lifelong journey where minds are nurtured and put to the challenge with fundamental information that is quintessential to becoming someone in the community, in the country, even the world and it all begins with that little mustard seed of schooling planted within one. In order to succeed and progress as a society, no one should be denied the right to education; it is inalienable. Opportunities to this should be available everywhere and should be granted without a doubt to those who have an immense desire to pursue academic fulfillments. The state of being legal or illegal should not affect this because the right to education should never be limited. In the United States, an act has been proposed in order to aid high school students from Latin America who are being denied the right to go onto college because they are undocumented. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, most commonly known as the DREAM Act, pursues high school students and young adults that want to become legal citizens and go onto have a college or university education. Certain terms and conditions must be met for eligibility though. Some of these conditions include: must be less than thirty-five years old, must have lived in the United States for at least five years, and must have obtained a high school diploma. While the intentions of this Act are sound, discordances exist with it. An example of one would be that the DREAM Act would provide more incentive for illegal immigration to occur. An estimated "1.3 Million Illegal Aliens Will Be Eligible For the DREAM Act Amnesty." (Numbersusa) if passed. That being said, any of whom apply are then eligible to apply for citizenship for family members that have already entere... ... middle of paper ... ...g goes, si se puede! Yes, it can be done! Works Cited Sen. Sessions: 10 Reasons to Oppose DREAM Act." Immigration, Numbers, NumbersUSA: For Lower Immigration Levels. NumbersUSA, 17 Dec. 2012. Web. 27 Apr. 2014. • Malik, Charles, Dr., Alexandre Bogomolov, Peng-chun Chang, Dr., Rene Cassan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Charles Duke, William Hodgson, Hernan Santa Cruz, and John P. Humphrey. "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, Declaration of Human Rights, Human Rights Declaration, Human Rights Charter, The Un and Human Rights." UN News Center. UN, n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2014. • Cardenas, Mauricio. "The DREAM Act: A Bipartisan Opportunity." The Brookings Institution. Brookers, 06 Dec. 2010. Web. 27 Apr. 2014. • Guzman, Juan C., and Raul C. Jara. "The Economic Benefits of Passing the DREAM Act." Center for American Progress. N.p., 30 Sept. 2012. Web. 27 Apr. 2014.
When the Dream Act is put into play, its positive effects are more numerous than the negative ones. With this act, undocumented children are given an education and a future. What is better than an educated America? With education, America can be even more dominant. Everyone, despite their legal classification, deserves to have the option of success. On the matter of money, taxpayers would not have to pay $16.2 billion annually on behalf of deportation fees. With these children growing to be citizens, they will have to pay taxes which will also help the growing deficit. America was born on the morale that all people deserve a safe asylum and freedom.
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Ahead of the decision by current president Donald J. Trump to phase out the DREAM Acts’ Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, (DACA), dreamers are pursuing amnesty options the ensure their stay within the United States. The Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals program, (DACA), grants two-year deferments to immigrant minors and young adults facing deportation because of illegal immigration status. In a response to the current president’s decision to phase out of the DACA program, former president Barack Obama included that, “dreamers are Americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper” (Obama, ). Dreamers have become model citizens, quite parallel to Americans. Dreamers attend school, go off to college, obtain degrees, and become employees, even owners of businesses, and corporations. Dreamers make contributions to the economy by working, culturally adjusting and honoring the laws put forth by the United States of America. Although dreamers do not live in the country legally, dreamers feel a part of its fabric. And with the uncertainty surrounding the ending of the DACA, dreamers are pursuing the amnesty option to
Declaration of Human Rights: Dignity and Justice for All of Us. Accessed on October 29,
The lives of millions of immigrants are affected everyday due to limited access to acquiring legal citizenship. Out of that group there are 2.1 million children and young adults under the age of 18 that are eligible for permanent citizenship at this time (The DREAM Act). In 2001 Dick Durbin and Orrin Hatch presented a Development Relief and Education of Alien Minors (DREAM) Act that provides a path to becoming a legal citizen. The DREAM Act has yet to be passed, but there is a temporary Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)(The DREAM Act). The DREAM Act will provide options and opportunities for people to continue their path of life in America. The DREAM Act should be passed as it will benefit our economy, positively affect and strengthen our military, along with increased access to education.
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Having the opportunity of staying in school is very important to illegal immigrants because that means they can realize the American Dream. It is something that every immigrant that comes to the U.S wants to achieve. By applying to the dream act illegal immigrants from the age of sixteen through thirty five can go to school. They are eligible to stay in school and or go to college if they have not done so. For example some of the immigrant students have immense talents that can be used for America’s assistance, but not being able to stay in school they can not succeed. “Thousands of young people have worked hard. But they are being denied that chance to build a better future for themselves and to contribute their skills, talents, and creativity to the country” (Duncan). By having the choice of staying in school, as well as the help it is more exciting to those students that want to become someone in life. Some of the illegal aliens possess some amazing talent...
The DREAM Act, an acronym for Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors Act, was first introduced in 2001 by Dick Durbin and Orrin Hatch. The first hearing was scheduled to be held on September 12, 2001, but was postponed due to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Since then, the DREAM Act has been tossed back and forth, but never made it to the point of passing at the federal level. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are for it, so that’s not the problem. Some states, California, for example, have set in place their own adaptation of the DREAM Act.
After about twelve years of the DREAM Act floating around in congress, many people on both sides of the issue are unsure of what will happen. For some, the fact that it has been around for long without much progress means that the DREAM Act will not pass. On the other side of this issue, the dreamers, continue fighting to keep the DREAM Act alive, so that all the immigrant students can continue to post secondary education, and not have to stop their education at the end of 12th grade. These young immigrants were brought here when they were younger and have lived in the United States most of their life. They are known as dreamers because many of them cannot continue their education due to the barriers placed on them because of their undocumented status. Those who wish to continue to a post secondary education have to pay higher out-of-state tuition rates. The passing of the DREAM Act will provide a path to legalization for educated and dedicated individuals who will continue to contribute a lot to the U.S. economy and in many other ways. The majority of undocumented students were brought to the U.S. when they were small children, and they “should be allowed to have the chance to stay in the country call home” (Bennion).
Fitz debunks the myth that the U.S. cannot afford to pass the bill by providing statistical and analytical facts. Based on an analysis conducted by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the DREAM Act would actually reduce the deficit by 2.2 billion dollars over the next 10 years. In addition, Fitz states that deporting over 700,000 eligible students would cost taxpayers a hefty price of $16.2 billion over the next five years. He provides three basic options to solving the immigration issue: deport them, preserve the status quo and ignore their efforts, or sign the bill that would grant them citizenship and endless opportunities. Fitz believes that the first two options are “morally bankrupt and fiscally irresponsible” (Fitz), and that they U.S. cannot afford to pass up on the opportunity to reduce the huge
Hennessey, Kathleen and Brian Bennett. "Obama urged to reduce deportations; Immigration reform advocates push the president to take executive action, or risk losing Latino voters' support." Los Angeles Times 8 March 2014: A.7.
Greenberg, Brad A. "Dreams Fulfilled for New Citizens." San Gabriel Valley Tribune. California. 15 Apr. 2006.
On December 10th 1948, the General Assembly adopted a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This declaration, although not legally binding, created “a common standard of achievement for all people and all nations.to promote respect for those rights and freedoms” (Goodhart, 379). However, many cultures assert that the human rights policies outlined in the declaration undermine cultural beliefs and practices. This assertion makes the search for universal human rights very difficult to achieve. I would like to focus on articles 3, 14 and 25 to address how these articles could be modified to incorporate cultural differences, without completely undermining the search for human rights practices.
Declaration of Human Rights: Dignity and Justice for All of Us. Accessed on October 29,
Education is a elemental human right and essential for all other human rights. It is a powerful tool by which socially and economically marginalized children and adults can lift themselves out of poverty. It also consists of the right to freedom of education. Freedom of education is the right given to human beings to have access to the education of their preference without any constrictions. Right to education is a human right recognized by the United Nations. It includes the entire compulsion to eliminate inequity at all levels of the educational system.