Federal Dream Act
Mitchell Martin
Date created: 5/20/09 Section: NEWS
The Federal Dream Act, reintroduced into legislation on March 26, 2009, is aimed to allow undocumented citizens to compete by applying for financial aid at public colleges.
Opponents of this act believe that this is a threat to the middle class, taking the opportunity of financial aid away from many legally documented students.
Proponents of this act believe that the undocumented students who went though the public education system deserve financial support for higher education just as much as a native student.
ASCC President Alma Núñez is an advocate of the Federal Dream Act. Although she is no longer affected by this act because she recently obtained residency, she can still remember feeling like a second class citizen because she could not fill out a FASFA
"My education is not my own; it belongs to my neighbors, undocumented or not, just as theirs belong to me because everyone reaps the benefits of an educated population - standard of living will always go up," said Núñez. "Learning is a collective tool, not a competitive weapon."
Opponents of this act believe that this is a threat to the middle class, taking the opportunity of financial aid away from many legally documented students.
Proponents of this act believe that the undocumented students who went though the public education system deserve financial support for higher education just as much as a native student.
ASCC President Alma Núñez is an advocate of the Federal Dream Act. Although she is no longer affected by this act because she recently obtained residency, she can still remember feeling like a second class citizen because she could not fill out a FASFA
"My education is not my own; it belongs to my neighbors, undocumented or not, just as theirs belong to me because everyone reaps the benefits of an educated population - standard of living will always go up," said Núñez. "Learning is a collective tool, not a competitive weapon."
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Betty
posted 5/21/09 @ 3:09 PM PST
Go Dream Act!!!
Max
posted 5/21/09 @ 3:37 PM PST
Look, do we jail or ban the children of bank robbers? Then why deport people who were brought here as children by their parents?
Besides, legalizing highly educated people who grew up here and consider themselves American is only good for the country (increased tax revenue) and more soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines to defend our country, among other things. (Continued…)
Martin
posted 5/21/09 @ 7:41 PM PST
"The Federal Dream Act, reintroduced into legislation on March 26, 2009, is aimed to allow undocumented citizens to compete by applying for financial aid at public colleges. (Continued…)
Rachel
posted 5/24/09 @ 3:06 PM PST
Your article was not well written or researched. What is an "undocumented citizen"? If undocumented students were citizens of the U.S. in the first place they would not have the trouble of getting into Universities. (Continued…)
San Diego Movers
posted 7/07/09 @ 8:57 AM PST
This was interesting but some more information would have been useful. This is a fairly cursory article that is more of an objective report.
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