Thursday, June 3, 2010

Welcome to Undocumented Students, the Blog

Undocumented immigration has become one of our day's premier social issues. As a companion to the new media documentary "Undocumented Students and & the DREAM Act," available at www.undocstudents.com, this blog focuses on a subset of individual's affected by current immigration policy: undocumented students.

Under current law, undocumented students face a kind of legal purgatory. Their immigration status does not prohibit access to higher education; however, in many states it enjoins them from receiving state financial aid, in-state tuition, and formal employment. Proposed legislation known as the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act, would allow these students to earn and use their education as legal residents.

However, the DREAM Act has repeatedly failed to pass since its initial introduction in 2001. Still, affected students hold out hope for reform, and the chance lawfully live in the only country they know.

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