Five young New Yorkers march to D.C. to follow their DREAM, in support of immigration act

With the DREAM Act, people have developed an excellent idea to solve part of the great immigration problem. Before Congress is a bill that would help immigrants who have been brought here as children and have grown up in the United States to gain permanent status. Students who entered the U.S. before age 16 would be able to enlist in military or enroll in college. Six years after they start college or the military, they would be able to apply for permanent U.S. citizenship.
Five young New Yorkers walked for three weeks to call attention to the DREAM Act.The march began on April 10. They arrived in front of the White House on Saturday. One of the students marching, Marisol Ramos, is 25 years old. She was born in New York City. She says that many children come to the U.S. as babies. “They live their whole lives here,” Ramos points out. And she says, “There are 2.5 million undocumented children… and every year, 65,000 graduate high school”. They cannot have ID and have to live an underground life.
This bill would give permanent status to those children who go to college or join the military so American society would benefit in two ways. First, they would get more soldiers for our wars, and they would also get well-trained individuals who have been college educated to work in government or business. “A lot of businesses support the bipartisan DREAM Act, from Macy’s to Con Ed. And so do a lot of individuals, who gave lodging to the gaggle of activist the way,” says Ramos. Why is this such a good proposal? I don’t think the American Congress is going to solve the bigger problem of illegal immigrants in the United States anytime soon. So at least we should solve the problem quickly for some of their children.

A group of protestors bringing attention to the DREAM Act shut down Wilshire Boulevard.