Boston, MA- Scheduled to be introduced today, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act is bipartisan legislation that addresses the hardships faced by young people who were brought to the United States years ago as undocumented immigrant children, and who have since grown up here, stayed in school, and are strong members of our communities. For the first time, the DREAM Act also enjoys the strong backing of the House and Senate leadership, all of the relevant committee chairs and President Obama.
The following is a statement from Eva A. Millona, Executive Director of the MIRA Coalition about the DREAM Act.
"Each year about 65,000 U.S.-raised students, including at least 400 from Massachusetts, who would qualify for the DREAM Act's benefits, graduate from high school. These include honor roll students, star athletes, talented artists, homecoming queens, and aspiring teachers, doctors, and U.S. soldiers. We cannot turn our backs on these hardworking kids who have already contributed so much to their adopted country.
Passage of the DREAM Act would allow these multi-lingual and multi-cultural students to access better jobs, to pay higher taxes and to add to our economy. A RAND Corporation study showed that an immigrant who graduates from college will net an annual fiscal benefit of more than $9,000 per year, money that can be used to pay for the education of others. This bill makes fiscal and social sense for our country. We urge the entire New England delegation to sign on to this legislation and to fight for its passage."
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