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DREAM Activists and the Immigrant Rights Movement

Tens of thousands of youth graduate high school each year in the US with an inherited title: “undocumented immigrant.” Passage of the DREAM Act would make many undocumented young people legal residents, start them on a path to citizenship and make them eligible for financial aid if they finish college or serve in the military. While Congress considers—and delays—passage, legislators in states nationwide are debating and passing measures of their own.

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Feet in Two Worlds, Government & CommunitiesAbigail Krameractivism, Center for New York City Affairs, citizenship, CNYCA, communities, DREAM Act, Feet in Two Worlds, high schools, immigrant rights, immigrants, immigration, inequality, Latinos, NYC, policies, political campaigns, politics, public policy, The New School, undocumented, youthComment