Action Alert

Durbin's 'Dream Act' Punishes American Citizens
'Dream Act' is Amnesty - One Step at a Time


Americans will wonder what benefits U.S. citizens merit when illegal aliens and their offspring are treated better than law-abiding citizens.



Senator Richard Durbin's "Dream Act" tries to revive part of "comprehensive" immigration reform. The Illinois Senator has attached it to, of all things, a defense spending bill being considered right now.



Under it, illegal aliens brought here before the age of 16 could receive conditional green-card status, followed by a permanent green card, which could be used to apply for green cards for the illegal alien parents who brought the child here illegally in the first place.



Any illegal alien can simply tell Customs and Immigration that he or she was brought here illegally before reaching 16. No proof is required.



The legislation also would allow illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition rates at public universities, discriminating against legal foreign students and children of U.S. citizens from other states. Ten states (California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Utah, Texas and Washington) already offer such "Dream" tuition benefits to illegal aliens The penalty imposed on their citizens is equal to the financial benefits of they provide illegal aliens.



Your Senators need to hear how you feel about Durbin's proposal. Don't let illegal aliens go to college under the Dream Act and cheat young Americans out of that opportunity.


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