An Opinion...

     The purpose of  The DREAM Act. was to give an opportunity to undocumented immigrant students to obtain conditional permanent residency then legal permanent residency and then being able to apply for United States Citizenship. All this was going to be possible only if the immigrant had entered the United States before the age of 16, had lived in the U.S. for 5 consecutive years, had graduated from a U.S. high school or obtained the GED, the immigrant also needed to be between the ages of 12-35 and have a good moral character. After the immigrant had qualified he/she had to attend college or enroll in the military for a minimum of 2 years and then wait for a period of 6 years for the approval to earn conditional residency.
     The Article was in The Statesman and it was published by Alberta Phillips on September 25, 2010. She was giving her opinion and personal view on The DREAM Act. She basically said it needed to be revised and make the legalization of undocumented students more difficult. The DREAM Act unfortunately did not pass and millions of students were very much disappointed.

     I agree with Mrs. Phillips in that we need to fix the DREAM Act. and find other terms for immigrants to obtain legal residency but disagree with her in making it more difficult. Attending college is not easy to an average citizen now imagine to illegal immigrants that have to work full time to support their family economically with a minimum wage. As it is they rarely have money to spend or save and attending college is expensive. The other and only option was to enlist in the military which I do not agree with. Joining the military should be only done when it comes from the heart and not as one of your two options; soldiers willingly risk their life to protect our life not because they are forced.  I think giving citizenship to those who are at heart Americans and have proof to be great citizens deserve to be count, it is the fair and correct thing to do. At last immigrants are only increasing in the U.S. and will with time be the majority.