Allowing Dreams to Become Realities -The Dream Act 2009

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, the "DREAM Act 2009", is a proposed federal legislation, introduced to the US Senate and the US House of Representatives on March 26, 2009. This Bill provides immigrant students who graduate from US high schools the opportunity to obtain temporary residency for a period of six years. Throughout their temporary residence period, students will be eligible for work study programs and student loans exclusive of Pell educational grants. . Students must obtain a two-year college degree (AA), or complete two years of U.S. military service within the six years in order to be granted permanent residency status which leads to U.S. citizenship. Students who do not fulfill the educational or military service requirements by the end of the six-year period will lose their temporary residency status and be subject to deportation.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be between the ages of 12 and 35 at the time the Law is enacted
- Must have arrived in the United States before the age of 16
- Must have resided continuously in the United States for a least five (5) consecutive years
- Must have graduated from a U.S. High School, or obtained a General Education Diploma (GED)
- Must have "Good moral character"