She reasoned that allowing Dreamers to receive college grants for people with low incomes would take money away from American citizens, forcing them to borrow money to get an education. Helping more Dreamers go to college also would take spaces in classrooms that would otherwise go to Americans.
Supporters of Mr. Biden‘s plan argue that Dreamers are in the country illegally through no fault of their own, grew up as Americans, and deserve the same access to higher educations as U.S. citizens.
Mr. Biden‘s Pell Grants for Dreamers is contained in the $1.5 trillion discretionary budget he submitted on Friday. It comes as a surge of migrants, including more than 16,000 unaccompanied children, is forcing illegal immigration to the forefront of political debate.