Immigration Bill Would Expand Dream Act To Dreamers Of All Ages

This article was suggested by Taquista Laura Rubalcava.

By Elsie Foley, Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — Undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children would be eligible to apply for a quicker path to citizenship, regardless of their current age, under the bill proposed by the Senate’s so-called gang of eight and released in full on Wednesday.

The measure is based on the Dream Act, a decade-old bill to give legal status to undocumented young people. But while that bill in its most recent iteration would have left out anyone over the age of 29, the gang of eight bill has no age cap — a significant victory for the so-called Dreamers, who have long fought for stronger protections, and for Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who made strengthening the Dream Act provisions a “top priority” during the group’s negotiations, according to his spokesman.

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