Achieving the DREAM
DREAM Act: Principal Antwan Wilson speaks in support of the DREAM Act at press conference on March 7, 2006.
Eva, Jovenes Member
Support the DREAM Act
First introduced in 2001, the DREAM Act permits high school graduates who immigrated to the U.S. as minors and lived in the U.S. for at least five years, to apply for legal status. The DREAM Act also eliminates a federal provision that discourages states from providing in-state tuition to immigrant students. The spirit of the DREAM act is founded on the following two core principles:
1. Individuals who were brought to this country as children, stay out of trouble, and meet the universal requirements for high school graduation deserve to be judged according to their own character and merit, regardless of their country of birth or immigrant status. They should have equal opportunity to pursue postsecondary education, obtain legal status, and become citizens of the country they call home, the United States.
2. The federal government should not compel states to discriminate in the allocation of their own educational resources. Rather, states should be free to provide in-state tuition at their institutions of higher education, and otherwise facilitate equitable access to higher education for immigrant students.
DREAM Act Materials created by Padres & Jovenes:
Endorsement Form/forma de respaldo
DREAM Act Fact Sheet - English
DREAM Act Fact Sheet - Spanish
DREAM Act: Padres & CIRC delegation meets with Representative John Salazar (D-Pueblo, CO) in D.C.
Goal and Objectives
Goal: In order to cut the dropout rate for immigrant students, and to allow them to fulfill the potential they have to bring to their communities and this country, Jovenes works for policy changes which will increase access to higher education for undocumented students.
Objectives:
1. Passage of the DREAM Act at the federal level.
2. Passage of a Colorado law or State policy granting in-state tuition for undocumented students.
3. Legalization and spread of 6th year high school programs like College Now in three high schools where we work (North, Montbello, and Lincoln).
4. Revise new Colorado law, which denies all undocumented immigrants the right to any services (including education) after age 18.
Press Coverage
Students rally to back Alien Minors Act
Rocky Mountain News
DREAM Act would give children a chance
Rocky Mountain News
Immigrant kids chase dream
Denver Post
Immigrant Rights Group To Lobby For Higher Education Access
Channel 4
Kids without a country
Rocky Mountain News
U.S. needs humane immigration solution
Denver Post
Padres Unidos staffer DREAMs of justice
Denver Post