Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act

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proposed United States federal law

The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act is a proposed U.S. federal law that would provide a pathway to legal status for certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children, commonly known as "Dreamers."

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	proposed United States federal law ⓘ
aim	provide conditional permanent residency to eligible undocumented youth ⓘ provide pathway to permanent residency for eligible undocumented youth ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
debatedIssue	access to federal financial aid for undocumented students ⓘ access to in-state tuition for undocumented students ⓘ path to citizenship for undocumented youth ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	arrival in the United States as a child ⓘ continuous residence in the United States for a specified period ⓘ enrollment in or completion of higher education or military service in some versions ⓘ good moral character requirement ⓘ graduation from a U.S. high school or equivalent ⓘ
firstIntroduced	2001 ⓘ
firstIntroducedBy	Orrin Hatch NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Durbin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAcronymOrigin	Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMultipleVersions	yes ⓘ
influenced	creation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy ⓘ state-level DREAM Act policies ⓘ
influencedBy	student immigrant activism ⓘ
introducedIn	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalDomain	immigration and nationality law of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
legislativeStatus	not enacted into law ⓘ
nicknameForBeneficiaries	Dreamers NERFINISHED ⓘ
oppositionArgument	concern about amnesty for undocumented immigrants ⓘ concern about encouraging illegal immigration ⓘ
oppositionBase	some Republican Party lawmakers ⓘ
policyArea	higher education ⓘ immigration ⓘ labor and employment ⓘ
proposedBenefit	conditional permanent resident status ⓘ eligibility for federal student financial aid in some versions ⓘ pathway to lawful permanent resident status ⓘ
reintroducedInMultipleCongresses	yes ⓘ
relatedConcept	Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals NERFINISHED ⓘ Dreamers NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	DREAM Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsorChamber	United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectHasRole	education policy ⓘ immigration law ⓘ pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants ⓘ
supportBase	Democratic Party lawmakers ⓘ immigrant rights organizations ⓘ some Republican Party lawmakers ⓘ
targetPopulation	undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children ⓘ
typeOfRelief	immigration relief based on childhood arrival ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dreamers → associatedWith → Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act ⓘ

United States immigration reform → relatedTo → Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals