the Dream

               

As I was going through the Texas tribune, I came across a story stipulating that “ A Teenager's Suicide Spurs DREAM Activists”. The article is related to LUNA an illegal immigrant that committed suicide and left on the suicide note that the decision to take his life was mainly because of his statue. The activists are asking for the DREAM act to be passed in order to avoid cases like Luna’s one. The DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) is an American legislative proposal first introduced in the Senate on August 1, 2001 and most recently reintroduced there on May 11, 2011. The act would provide conditional permanent residency to certain illegal aliens of good moral character who graduate from US high schools, arrived in the US as minors, and lived in the country continuously for at least five years prior to the bill's enactment. If they were to complete two years in the military or two years at a four-year institution of higher learning, they would obtain temporary residency for a six-year period. Most of the activists are already getting the in-state tuition bill passed by the formal governor of Texas Rick Perry. I personally agree with the goals that the activists are looking forward to achieve. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that the DREAM Act would "reduce deficits by about $1.4 billion over the 2011-2020 period and increase government revenues by $2.3 billion over the next 10 years. Therefore why no adopt the bill? They people that are concerned by the bill are those that have good stands, perform very well in school, and/or active in military duties. Even though voters are threatening the governor Rick Perry because of the in-state tuition, I agree with him and instead of jumping on him, they should encourage him to do more in order to help Texans that are sincerely looking forward to establish themselves in the state. We shall not forget that the country and the state were both occupy by formal people that were ready to make the territory their homeland.