The DREAM Act, the hotly contested act that is waiting to be looked at on the Senate floor, would provide a pathway to citizenship for those who enter the country illegally under the age of 16, and have lived in the U.S. for five years. I don't even understand why anyone would be against this. These kids, and now some adults, were rasied in their formative years in this country, are inherently naturalized citizens, and often times don't speak any language but English fluently, but are still considered illegal immigrants because of the arbitrary birthplace of their parents or families.
It is only smart to provide a pathway to citizenship for these folks. Critics may argue that this will just allow for illegal immigrants to bring their kids into the U.S. and wait five years until they're afforded a pathway, then they can themselves find it easier to stay in the U.S., but really all the DREAM Act does is allow those who would follow under the DERAM Act to stay for six years, and then must either have completely two years of college or the military. These are pretty tough stipulations for one to live in the United States, and many Americans themselves don't even accomplish that much for their, or any, country. Although opening up borders is impractical, it is only sensible to allow those who had no decision to enter the U.S., but have stayed here and been somewhat successful, an opportunity to become a citizen, because after all, we were all immigrants once upon a time.
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