Everybody seems to have strong opinions on Immigration. Some have opinions of the DREAM Act and the undocumented youth. Few know the facts on Immigration and the DREAM.
One of the recurrent myths of the misinformed is that undocumented immigrants are jumping in front of the line for legalization.
Reality is that the proverbial line never existed for them.
Their parents never had a real chance in a 20 years span to get on any line because Immigration limits the process to a certain individuals with existing family ties (children-parent relationships), income or selected professional access to the "line". This is spite of the demand of labor for certain areas of the labor market.
Immigrant youth (the persons brought as children by working parents) asked ICE last week :"Where is the line so I can get at the end of it?"
The real answer is the DREAM Act.
Here is a video on the DREAMers action on Friday, Nov 19th, 2010.
Photo and video credit: Leah Jo Carnine.
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