The Pros And Cons Of The Dream Act

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The dream act has been in the congress since 2001. There have been many different forms of the Dream Act. The word DREAM stands for, “Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act.”(ADL) The Dream act was established to help the illegal immigrants that went or is going to school in the United States. Many of these children are not citizens of the U.S., but that is where the Dream Act comes into play. Over many years, millions of illegal immigrants come the U.S. to try to live a happy life and get a better education for their children.
The Dream Act, “was first introduced in 2001.”(AIC) There here have been multiple bills to help the Dream Act, but have fallen short of the amounts of votes. In 2010, the bill was almost passed, but it fell short and needed five more votes to pass. Senators Lindsay Graham and Richard Durbin are trying to push the act forward in 2017, but there has been many other bills just like the Dream Act. All of these are trying to do …show more content…

Trump does not like illegal immigrants. He wanted to build a wall that could keep all the Hispanics in their country. The Hispanics have brought a lot of illegal drugs in the United States, but what Trump does not know is that most of the Hispanics that are coming to the United States are wanting to work. The majority of the illegal immigrants are children. They come to the United States looking for an education.
The American economy would shoot up high if the Dream act was passed. If we let all illegal immigrants in than that, “would add a total of $22.7 billion,” to the GPD.(American progress) There would be more and more houses needing built. More and more job opportunities would be available for the immigrants. Intern if business sign on these immigrant workers, they would have to buy more tools and supplies. Doing this would help the business grow in capital. Passing the act would raise the amount of income for people in the United