Dream Act would have given more rights to illegals than to American students.
If the dream act had passed and if parents of illegal students are deported how would it be impossible for the student to remain here. They would not be financially able to remain here. They would have to leave with the parents or the parents would be allowed to stay or our government would provide financial assistance. The student, most likely a minor, would need the support that parents provide.
This reminds me of how the government treated the Native American when they took their children and put them in American school to make them more American. Now we want to take the children of illegal aliens and used them, presumable for our own benefit. Make the child legal but not the parent?
At the same time if the parent of the American student commits a crime and goes to jail, there is no consideration for the welfare of the student’s loss of financial assistance or support of parent. Parents would never be allowed to skip jail and remain with the student.
The illegal alien parent is a criminal just as the American parent is a criminal but they are not treated the same.
The Dream Act would have done the same thing as the automatic birthright citizenship does. Separate families. Is that what we want or is it the other way around, that they want an excuse to legalize all of them.That is why the 14th Amendment has to be rescinded or repealed now.
I got the feeling we have not seen the last of the Dream Act. It will come up some where in some other bill.