No dream act, no amnesty. NO, NO, NO!!!! I know that I’m just a lowly tax paying citizen and my voice (and vote) doesn’t matter at all, but I am compelled to leave my comment anyway. Enough of this nonsense~~~ the only right that Illegal citizens should have is the right to be escorted unharmed back to their country of origin and we shouldn’t have to wait until they commit a crime of any kind. Just getting caught being here illegally should be enough evidence to warrant deportation.

First of all, Val, I think America would be better of without people like you. I wish you were in their shoes, brought here when you were just a kid, went to school in the States, graduated, found yourself without being able to get a license, find a job, and not being able to attend collage, unless you want to pay as an international student. I would of loved that to happen to you.

A lot of this kids leave back to their countries, but a lot of them also stay, because this is their country, they don’t know better then this, they are Americans, like it or not, and all they want is to be able to study, work, contribute to the economy.

Stop opposing to things you don’t even know about.

get your lazy asses up and go to work and stop complaining. about how others are taking your jobs if you did something and stop mooching off the damn government latino people would not be taking your jobs.

*THIS COMMENT HAS BEEN EDITED BY FEET IN TWO WORLDS FOR LANGUAGE. KEEP IT CIVIL PLEASE.*

I could not disagree more with the other comments on this story. The issue at hand is about people who came to this country undocumented as children, who had no say in the matter whatsoever, and for all intents and purposes are American. To be callous enough to say “Go home” is absurd. The US is the only home that they have known. If they are productive members of society who have lived here their entire lives and have gone to school here, there should be a path to citizenship. Do not punish them for their parents’ dream of them having a better life.

I think you are right and with you 100%. But what should we do with
all the new international football, soccer, basketball, hockey players? that are
going to get a work permit and later they can get permanent resident?

But what worries me the most is the billions of dollars and time that
we invested in these individuals. We can’t just waste all that time and money
for nothing. We have to think and use our money wisely right. Now as you can see
we haven’t done that, that’s one part of the reason we are in this financial crisis.

I’m all for the Dream Act. These are people who were brought here as children, not “criminal invaders.” A lot of these people have been here since they were infants, and many speak a lot better English than their native tongues. We’re not talking about adults who swam across the Rio Grande yesterday. We’re talking about people who were brought here as children and had no say in the matter. If they have good moral character, have stayed out of trouble, are getting educated and will be in the military and work for the benefit of our country and stay out of trouble for many years to come before they can ever become citizens, we ought to let them stay. I don’t even really see how this encourages more illegal immigrants because it only applies to people who came several years ago, brought here without any say in the matter.

People are always talking about how these illegals need to come here the right way. You know, for most of these people there is no right way. Mexicans can’t just get an immigrant visa and come on over. If they don’t have an immediate relative with a green card or who is a citizen, it is highly unlikely they’ll ever be allowed to come in legally, and even with immediate relatives to file for them it’s often going to take like 15 years before a visa will be available for them. We really don’t give most of these people a “right way” to come here.

They’ve just modified the Dream Act even more, cutting the age limit down, making it take even longer that these people would have to live like model citizens before they get to be permanent residents without spoecial conditions and making it much harder for them to file for relatives. We’re not talking about letting a lot more people in, only about letting some of these people who were brought here as kids without any say in the matter stay legally if they’ll jump through a lot of hoops for us. The new law would encourage these people to stay in school and stay out of trouble and to serve in the military. They’re already here, going to be here anyway whether we like it or not. We don’t we encourage them to be productive citizens? Most of these people are more American than anything else because this is where they grew up and this country is all they really know. I deal with a lot of these people, and I have to say I feel sorry for them because they had no choice in whether they came here or not and a lot of them are good people who just want to live and work and be good people. This is their home. They don’t know anything else.

I’m all for deporting as many illegal aliens as we can, especially the criminal types. But this is different. These people this law would effect didn’t really do anything wrong and a lot of them are good additions to our society. We should give them a “right way” to stay and encourage them to be good law abiding residents of this country, to give more to this country. It won’t hurt us. It would actually help us, by keeping some of these people from going down a bad path, getting them to stay in school and be productive and law abiding, and would help us recuit an awful lot more soldiers.

Another thing people should keep in mind if they worry at all about the future of the Republican party is that killing the Dream Act will kill any chances the Republican party has at getting any meaningful support from our growing Hispanic population. Kill the Dream, and Hispanics won’t forget it for a long time. We have millions and millions of young Hispanic citizens. They all have friends who were brought here as children or infants who are technically illegal aliens. Even Hispanic school children know about the Dream Act. If Republicans kill the Dream, it send the message that Republicans hate Hispanics. It really does. And it will galvanize the Hispanic population against the Republican party even worse than today and foster a long standing hatred of the Republican party even among Hispanic children who are citizens most by virtue of the fact that they were born here and when these children are old enough to vote they will vote straight Democrat tickets. That’s just the bottom line. You’ve got to give these people a bone if you ever want them to vote for Republican candidates. You have to recognize that our Hispanic population is huge and growing and most vote for Democrats because they perceive that party to be the one that cares about them. That is not going to change unless the Republican party starts courting these people, and it’s only going to get worse if the Republican party filibusters the Dream Act.

This is a trap. Most people when they really think about who this act will help end up feeling sorry for these kids who really did nothing wrong. This is really a fairly benign act. The simple fact of the matter is that these kids have been here so long and will be here so long in most cases before they ever get put into immigration proceedings that an immigration court is likely to let them stay anyway. All they have to have is 10 years continuous presence in the US, good moral character, and being deported has to cause an extreme hardship on a qualified family member, a citizen child, a legal permanent resident or citizen spouse or parent. Most of these people won’t get caught and won’t get put into immigration proceedings, but most who have been here for at least ten years will get to stay anyway. The judge will say “welcome to America.” That’s just the way it works. And when they get “cancellation of removal” like that, they get an uncondistional green card. It’s not a conditional one for ten years like the Dream Act provides. With an unconditional green card they can start filing right away to bring some of their family member over and in three years they can get their citizenship and file for even more relatives and get them here more quickly. With the new modified Dream Act it takes 13 years to become a citizen.

The Democrats are making this as benign as possible, making it really barely any benefit to these kids because they could just marry citizens or get cancellation of removal in court. But if Republicans kill it, Democrats will say that Republicans killed the Dream. Republicans hate Hispanics, even these poor children. I doubt the Dream Act passes because it’s just not the right political climate for it to happen, and most people do not understand the proposed legislation and fight it purely on idealism. “we hate illegal immigrants and we aren’t giving them any breaks.” I understand that, but in the long run this is the Republican party nailing nails in its own coffin.

The Hispanic population is projected to triple by 2050. By then over 30% of the US will be of Hispanic origin. Every year it grows by leaps and bounds. It’s supposed to account for 45% of our total population growth from 2010 through 2030. Most of these people are citizens, not illegals. Is it really smart for the Republican party to keep doing things seen as anti-Hispanic? Do we really want to get these people hating us when they are children so that they vote against us when they are adults? Kill the Dream Act, Republican Party, and kill your future in American politics. Start passing some sensible but rather benign reforms for immigrants. Give them a bone now and then, and there is a real chance of winning a lot of them over later when they become disillusioned with Democrats.

The only reason replublican don’ t want to pass any kind of immigration laws is because they are afraid to loose their power. when more immigrants become U.S citizen about 80% of us will never vote for any of those idiot. I promise to you all, if i ever become american citizen i will never vote for any repulbican for the only reason being is that they don’t like immigrants. remember, they are trying to amend the us constituation so my child would not be granted a citizentship even after they are born here in the u.s. why is that?

PASS THE DREAM ACT i was 6 months old when they brought me i dont know any people in mexico. i just want to be able to study, work, contribute to the economy!!!!!