It seems like good 'immigration reform'. Although I would probably double the requirements of college or military experience if I had a say.
I have not considered that. As I understand, the Dream Act takes high school graduates who speak english and join the military are given citizenship...I see no problem with this. I was not aware college was involved.
How do a lot of people pay for college? Get scholarships, get grants, get loans, work, military assistance and so on.
That's all fine if you are a US citizen but if you're not...well, good luck! Lets break your options down. Scholarships and grants: Damn few of those available even if you are a US citizen. Loans: Student loans would require a SS#, US citizenship, and a way to pay them back. Work: Assuming minimum wage for an unskilled worker and the rising cost of tuition, you couldn't earn enough to pay for the books much less have the number of hours in the day to go to school. Military assistance: I assume you mean the GI bill is only open to certain types of vets like 4-6 year hitches as well as other restrictions that once met do pay for some college expenses but not living expenses.
Perhaps the spirit of the Dream Act is designed to reward those who are hard-working enough to make there own way, those enterprising enough to work for their education.
1. If you are looking for an argument that the government does not put near enough of a priority on the ability to get a higher education (which leads to an educated workforce and a better economy)...you are looking in the wrong place. 2. If they are going to pass that law, then yes, there should also be more resources available to them to gain education (along with everyone else) but, if not, there are still other options. (And you can combine them, ya know. Work here, GI Bill there. A grant, a loan and work. etc ) I know many, many people who have worked, scholarship-ed, granted and military-ed their way to a Bachelors Degree. Yeah that's an n or N or whatever but I have still seen a lot do it over the last 20 years. An aside on the military education thing...Illinois actually does it pretty well...basically a free ride to any IL University if you enlist from Illinois and move back to Illinois afterward. And you get to use the GI Bill too. Don;t know if any other states have anything similar. Oh, and tuition assistance while you are in was at 100% for the Air Force last I knew (a year or two ago anyway) and has been for years. Just another option on the military thing. It is not all GI bill out there for military folks.
