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The DREAM Act
Each year 65,000 immigrant students graduate from American high schools aspiring to continue their education and to contribute fully to our society. Unfortunately, these students face serious limitations to realizing their dreams.
Under our broken immigration system, immigrant students that were brought to the United States by parents lacking immigration status have little means to adjust their own legal status. Without legal status, doors to higher education, the workforce, and, ultimately, a full, productive future are closed to these students, even though they have lived most of their lives in the United States and have excelled at the same academic requirements as their classmates.
But there is hope. The Center for Community Change and the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) are working hard to pass the DREAM Act - federal legislation that would provide a clear legal pathway for Marie and others like her to attend college, become U.S. citizens and live the American dream.
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