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Re: DREAM Act in Congress

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
My issue with DREAM and other legislation of its type is that it rewards bad behavior ... in this case abandoning children and breaking up families. Many of these childeren are abandon because the parents believe that they cannot provide for their childeren as well as the welfare system of the US can, so they abandon their childeren here ... knowing that they will be fed, medically treated, educated, allowed to hold jobs, and now ... thanks to DREAM ... have a chance at becoming a citizen of the US ... and all the parents have to do is illegally enter this country and abandon their child.
But wouldn't the part of the bill requiring the child to have been in the U.S. for 5 years mean that even without the bill anybody eligible would have already been taking advantage of the U.S. system for five years? I know it's not an encouraging idea, but giving them a chance at citizenship would probably be the governments best shot at damage control. Once the kids become citizens then they must actually pay for the benefits that they had in their past had access to for free. I know it's not the ideal scenario, but baring the government taking major action towards illegal immigrants already in the country the said immigrants will most likely not be caught, they will probably not leave, and they certainly won't be paying the taxes for the services that they receive. From a pragmatic/cynical (not sure which) standpoint DREAM actually would help the problem a bit...or at least I think that it would.
--my $0.02
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