Margaret Stock, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U. Army Reserve retired ; a former professor at the U. June 11, ]. The Center for Naval Analyses issued a report finding that immigrants in the military have high levels of performance and lower rates of attrition. The report noted that non-citizens add valuable diversity to the armed forces and perform extremely well, often having significantly lower attrition rates than other recruits.
Final Report. We can allow a generation of immigrant students with great potential and ambitions to contribute more fully to our society and national security, or we can relegate them to a future in the shadows, which would be a loss for all Americans.
You are here Home Blog. Twitter Facebook Email. This income is substantially higher than the income they would earn if they were unable to attend and complete a college education. In fact, research indicates that the average college graduate earned nearly 60 percent more than a high-school graduate.
We have much to gain from doing right by these young people. Secretary Napolitano believes this targeted legislation provides a firm but fair way to deal with innocent children brought to the U. Myths vs. Young people must meet several requirements in order to qualify for the conditional status it will provide them.
These requirements include entering the country when they were under 16 years old, proving they have continuously lived in the U. Only then can they obtain a conditional status for a limited period of time. After their six year conditional status, these same individuals will need to meet additional requirements to move on to the next phase of this process. Specifically, they must have attended college or served in the U.
If young people are unable to fulfillthese requirements, they will lose their legal status and be subject to deportation. The DREAM Act provides for a rigorous application process for deserving youth and does not provide safe harbor or amnesty for criminals.
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Deferred Action has a long history in U. DACA fits with this history since it protects young undocumented students and workers from being kicked out of the country they grew up in. Having a green card would also allow Dreamers to apply for lawful immigration status for their family members who are undocumented or have temporary non-immigrant visas like student visas. The Act was first proposed in , and the latest vote was in March The Durbin-Hatch bill would have given lawful status to Dreamers who came to America before turning 16, could pass criminal background checks, and either graduated high school or earned a GED.
It would have made these Dreamers eligible for a "conditional residency" status that would let them live and work in the U. After six years, they could get lawful permanent resident status, better known as a "green card.
It has yet to pass. This effort failed when Congress withdrew the authorization bill because of issues related to the Iraq War timetable.
We can't be certain what the future holds or whether Dreamers will ever become U. That bill, called the "American Dream and Promise Act of ," passed the House of Representatives but has not gone up for a Senate vote yet. The bill proposes to create a three-step pathway to citizenship for Dreamers. First, a Dreamer could apply for something called " conditional permanent residence ," a special status that would grant the Dreamers work authorization and protect them from deportation. Second, any Dreamer with conditional permanent resident status could apply for " lawful permanent residence ," better known as a green card.
Third, Dreamers who have held green cards for five years could apply for citizenship by naturalization. He also expressed his support for legislation that would provide a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and temporary protected status TPS for other undocumented immigrants.
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