The New "DREAM" Act

I thought the government was to be there for the people?

A new version of the DREAM Act has been drafted and the product is one huge smack in the face.

Personally I think this is going to leave people in the same position they are in right now as undocumented immigrants. They will be required to wait 10 years until they can attain residency. In that time they will not be allowed to have any health benefits, there is no mention of federal aid for school, but chances are there will be no access to that either. If there is no residency there is still no drivers license, no job. Unless the government plans on immediately passing out intents of giving residency and those people will be given temporary documentation until they receive their residency, there is no change in their lives!

They say a 10 year waiting period until residency is attained, that is after however long it takes them to vote on the DREAM Act, and take the DREAM Act into effect. So let's waste another 11 or 13 years of people's lives? For the young ones that means grad school, but how many people's parents can afford to get them through graduate school?

The entire reason for wanting legalization is to become independent individuals!!!! This is not a solution, like they say in the article, it is simply a "political victory" because it is benefiting people in no way at all. Except creating greater frustrations for people, but I suppose having a defined waiting period is better than having absolutely no idea when your situation is going to be solved. I can definitely tell you the weight of the world and universe has been lifted off me since learning how much time is left for my battle to end.

I really really hope something can be done for those people like Julieta Garibaldi, how she managed to get herself through graduate school I can only imagine. I know that my dad could not have put me through it without getting a stress-related illness. This life is economically suffocating, this is not the DREAM.

I'd love to hear what you think of this newly drafted DREAM Act.

Deep breaths . . . Thanks for reading and happy December! :)

MUCH LOVE!!!