he had 18 co-sponsors. 12 democrats and six republicans. the republicans sam brownback, saun craig, dewine. it was called the dream act. you create a path to legal residency status for the most deserving people who are technically here in this country illegally. the dream act would apply to you if you were brought to this country as a kid and you are between the ages of 12 and 35. if you have already been here for five years. if you graduated from high school or got your g.e.d. or if you were already accepted to a college or university, and you have to have good moral character. then once you qualify, you have to abply for the dream act. would you have to enroll in a bachelor degree program or a higher degree program or join the military. then after being in college or the military for at least two years, only then can you apply for legal permanent residency. the dream act was a chance for kids brought to this country through no fault of their own who had done everything right to stay
in 2001 orrin hatch from utah introduced a high profile national attention kind of bill. he had 18 co-sponsors, 12 democrats and 6 republicans. it included brown back, krug grs lay and dick luger. it was called the dream act. you create a path to legal residen residency status for the most deserved people here illegally. it would apply to you if you were brought to the country as a kid between the ages of 12 and 35. if you ve been here for five years. if you graduated from high school or got your ged. you have to have good moral character. then once you qualify, you have to apply for the dream act and enroll in a bachelor degree program or higher degree program or join the military. after being in college for the military for two years, only then can you apply for legal
don t graduate or anything. then you can adjust, you know, the permanent resident s green card status and there s all kinds of waivers, the thing is full of loopholes for fraud. we know this administration is not going to enforce these laws rigorously. this is an incredibly irresponsible piece of legislation that they re introducing and they re trying to get it in through the back door in the lame duck. let me go over the basics of it. slow down a second. we ll go over the basics so people understand what it is. it applies to those under 16 when they came to the u.s. so they got to be kids. must have been in the u.s. for at least five years. and you need to have a high school diploma or a ged. you agree with those principles, correct? that s the foundation. yeah, you can get the ged, yeah, after you apply. yeah, you have to get the ged first and then after you get the conditional status, you have to enroll in a bachelor degree program or two-year occupational program or community c