DREAM ACT

   Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act  or the DREAM Act is a piece of proposed federal legislation in the United States the bill was introduced in the US Senate on August 1, 2001 and re-introduced there and the United States House of Representatives on March 26, 2009. It failed on December 18, 2010. The next chance for illegal immigrant students to get citizenship through The Dream Act won't be until at least the 2012 election if it passes. This bill would provide certain illegal immigrant students who graduate from US high schools, who are of good moral character, arrived in the U.S. illegally as minors, and have been in the country continuously and illegally for at least five years prior to the bill's enactment, the opportunity to earn  permanent residency if they complete two years in the military or two years at a four year institution of higher learning. The students would get temporary residency for a six year period. Within the six year period, the qualified student must have acquired a degree from an institution of higher education in the United States or have completed at least 2 years, in a program for a bachelor's degree or higher degree in the United States, or have served in the uniformed services for at least 2 years.Military enlistment contracts require an eight year commitment, with active duty commitments between four and six years, but as low as two years. "Any alien whose permanent resident status is terminated according to the terms of the Act shall return to the immigration status the alien had immediately prior to receiving conditional permanent resident status under this Act.

David Cho 21 years old, student at UCLA, an honor student, and leader of the UCLA marching band, plans to join the U.S. Air Force after he graduates in the spring--if  the bill is past. Mr. Cho is among the potential beneficiaries of the dream act that would give some illegal immigrants a shot at becoming U.S. citizens.

Currently, students like Mr. Cho come of age in the U.S. without the right to legally work, join the military or receive federal loans for education. Most of these children had no say in their families decision to settle illegally in the U.S. Generally, they have not been targeted for deportation, unless they have criminal records.
cho came from South Korea when he was nine years old. Without the Dream Act, Mr. Cho will have no legal job prospects when he graduates.