DREAM Act Endorsed by Council on Foreign Relations

We reported yesterday on the Council on Foreign Relations and Jeb Bush’s endorsement of comprehensive immigration reform. Mary Ann Zehr of Education Week reports on the DREAM Act aspect of their recommendations:

A task force of the Council on Foreign Relations just released recommendations for comprehensive immigration reform that endorse the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, or “DREAM” Act. The press release for the task force’s report says, “The DREAM Act, reintroduced in the 111th Congress, provides the right model by requiring that young people without status who wish to remain in the United States must attend college or perform military service and demonstrate good moral character in order to earn their eligibility for permanent residence.”

While critics call the DREAM Act a form of “amnesty” for people who have broken this country’s laws, the task force describes the act as “a policy of earned legalization.” Click here for the rest of the piece.

We need the DREAM Act!

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