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The DREAM act, was a proposed law that would allow undocumented children a path to become legal. The bill would have allowed for children who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents or others, to apply to become legal. The bill anticipated that eligible children had been present in the U.S., had good moral character and were now ready to further their lives through college or military service. If the met the requirements, they would be allowed an opportunity to become legal.

On October 24, 2007, the U.S. Senate voted on whether to move the DREAM Act forward. The Senate needed to gather sixty (60) votes to allow the DREAM Act to be sent to the Senate floor where it could be voted on for amendments and final passage. The DREAM act did not get the votes it needed. In fact, it fell short by a few votes stopping at fifty-two (52). As a result the bill will not go to the Senate floor to be further amended for passage.

The effect of the failure of the DREAM Act to move forward to passage, means that the Senate has once again failed to act sympathetically to the plight of undocumented immigrants. The DREAM Act would have allowed children who were brought here illegally and have spent years here to legalize and/or cancel their deportation from the United States. So, the failure of the Senate to act on this particular bill is especially shameless and a brutal blow to the “dreams” of many innocent children.

The lack of willingness to integrate these young men and women around the country into society poses, in the long run, a greater threat to the welfare of our cities, then does the supposed threat of ongoing illegal immigration. Many of the children denied the right to integrate themselves have thought of themselves as “Americans” for years. Indeed, many of them are too young to remember their home countries or have been fully amalgamated to U.S. customs and society.

It is implausible to believe that children who could have been eligible to apply for the DREAM Act are going to willingly return to their countries. To deny them opportunities to go to college or join the military seems an act of “cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face.” Lack of opportunity to be productive leads only to deterioration and demise. It can hardly be thought that this last failed opportunity to take action can benefit America or make it a safer place.

Written by:

Sanjay S. Mathur

Attorney at Law

www.mathurlawoffices.com

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