DREAM ACT

[Smileyyy21]

I support the Dream Act!!! They had no choice.

[rogerstudios]

Go Dream ACT! Call your senator now! it needs to be pass this year!

[maria5906]

Very good video.

[JMaster800]

These kids are just like me, but through no fault of their own they are being punished and held from their dreams.

I was accepted to a top liberal arts school on the west coast and thanks to financial aid and scholarships I have no financial burdens for the next four years. These kids should have the same opportunity that I have.

I proposed a bill just like this a year ago in our state government camp and found out it is a real bill from an Obama speech later in 2007. Support the Dream Act!

[msl37431]

This kids are all stars of their high schools.

What a waste of talents when we lose these kids!! Most of all, they love USA. Period!

[alkaday]

I agree, I like the video but why are all the students hispanic? Dreamers are all ethnicities.

If you've ever spoken to a DREAM Act kid, you know most have dead on American accents, only a few have any traces of an accent left. Still a great video but not really representative of DREAM act kids.

[beatdisnutz]

True, there was a German kid who was on TV about 3 years ago.

[bangmeister]

Dream Act! Dream Act! Dream Act! Dream Act!

[DREAMactkids]

No offense intended, but,there are only Mexican (hispanic?) kids on this video, and it seems like they all came 5 years ago. This is the misconception that the media portrays. The DREAM act is set out to help students of all backgrounds (black/white included), some of us who've been here since we were toddlers. *snap* *snap*

so learn the facts.

[chamasaimon]

Keep on calling the senators people!!

[0rcus]

Go home, you worthless third world parasites! You're not welcome here! Comprende?

[erikasxoxo]

Mhh... typical ignorant comment.

Keep posting please!! This will only prove that we're right in thinking that the opposition is full of unintelligent racists!

You only make our case stronger, thanks for the help!!!

[gqplayer11]

haha... poor you... u give americans a bad name.

[BAMBINO602]

sad...

[tommcdx]

Oh how sad

[zunhlin]

I couldn't of said it better myself. It's sad to see kids suffer over something they had no choice in. If some people would just take the time and read the bill they might have a change of heart. Hmmm only a heartless prick would think this bill is a bad idea.. Give the future generation a chance..

[waltortiz7]

THANK U!!!!!!

[montcav]

support it !!!!!!!!!!!! im a freshman studnets @ cal poly pomona w no papers im hoping on the dream act..I have a 3.6 gpa and graduated with honors, un like many white kids at my school im going to college.

[Gissel1020]

Its too sad to read all this messages. I dont understand why people descriminate other people just for being undocumented. they just want an opportunity, RIGHTS as the rest of people.THEY WANT TO STUDY, nothing else, i bet tomorrow an undocumented student will be your son's or daughter teacher or your doctor that save your life, or a lawyer that can take you out of jail or when you would need a hand because you are dying an undocumented person would no even think twice to run to help you

[Esmeralda1445]

You all ignorant people who are against the Dream Act, You will receive something someday....You will die in the most terrible way....You will remember my words.....

[Knife99]

You guys don't even know what your talking about. Why do you think the United States is getting richer, and richer? You won't see an American tearing his back over the hot sun, working hours and hours. For a measly 5 bucks. And invading? That's offensive. These students didn't choose to come here. It's not their fault they deserve a chance.

[RoyNeary]

Why not take all of your knowledge back to your homeland in order to improve it?

You've already gotten a free education from our taxpayers. Haven't we been generous enough?

Your parents have placed you in this situation and while I have empathy for you, the old saying "two wrongs don't make a right" comes to mind...

[wsandovals22]

Ha! "Free" education!!! Education does not come free. Many undocumented people pay taxes. In Minnesota, they have to pay out of state tuition to go to college. Plus they can't apply to FAFSA. You're telling me that the taxpayers are paying for the education undocumented students are getting... I don't think so. Do some more research.

[Lawman52]

The goddamn senators who put this bill up are nothing but traitors and criminals who should be tried and put to death like the worthless animals they are. Our leaders care nothing for America or its people. They have to keep up with their pointless, illegal war in Iraq instead of building a 15ft high double wall across the Mexican border outfitted with razor wire, guard towers, and maybe even a moat with all that left over war money.

[wsandovals22]

I love all the ignorance and ethnocentrism. Latinos are not all Mexicans. You should do research and then start posting responses. The people that say they should go "HOME" ummm this is their home smart ones. Would you rather them work illegally and, like some, not pay taxes and take the governments money. Or would you happen to prefer them to pay taxes and be part of this capitalist economy. Put yourselves in their shoes... and if you can't, have fun with your way of thinking.

[tommcdx]

I agree, You came here Illegally and you expect to be a Citizen of our Country? You did not set a good example for others that want to come to our country and get the same opportunity, Just think of how many people YOU took away that opportunity from JUST by Crossing the Border Illegally That Needed to come here, If you broke the law By crossing the Border YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF !

[Naujeco]

economy weakons=poor fiscal responsibility.Immigration=esc­ape goat. Evoking the LAW=protectionism.We need to question laws,Edited to fit solutions.Immigration is problem/you dont blame immigrants; you blame elected officials that allowed it escalate to horrendous heights/consider corporate negotiations-they love 1.workers w/out voices 2.financing elections/There jobs remain but anew! Career retraining is needed.Financial support from the GOV+commitment from colleges would help

[luckycharmballer]

Call your senators and urge support for the Dream Act. Imagine if you had been brought here as a child and were now being told to "go back" to a country which is no longer your home.

[Erinthebadger]

Wow..great GPA...now go home to Mexico or whatever Country you came from and change its corrupt government...We serve in the Military because we love our Country not because we want a green card

[ElOmarco]

I say give them what they want. Give them education, but require english classes. Give them healthcare and jobs, but TAX them as well. Give them amnesty but only if they FORGET ABOUT MEXICO and learn to love THE UNITED STATES. All is fair as long as there is fair compromise, I say...

[ElOmarco]

I say give them education, but require them to take english classes. Give them jobs and healthcare, but TAX them too. Give them amnesty, but only if they LOVE AMERICA and forget about MÉXICO. It's a new country they wish to join, let them earn that with compromise and kick the rest back across the Colorado.

[Natalya087]

Native americans are the owners of this country, and all of you white american people are a product of an old european inmigration so now i don't get why you ask these children to leave and go back to their countries when your great grand parents did the same thing and native americans had to accept it. USA is, was, and will be an inmigrant country, and guess what ?? you started it.

[Natalya087]

The only owners of this country are the native americans, all you white american people are just a product of european inmigration a long time ago, so if all your great grand parents were allowed to live here because Poland, Hungary, Scotland didn't give them the opportunity to have a better life i don't get why now you are being so pissed of because this new inmigration. USA is, was and will be a country of inmigration and guess what you started it.

[JustinFCase]

Sorry to hear that you and your families BROKE THE LAWS OF AMERICA when you came here. There is the right way and the wrong way of doing things.

THE DREAM ACT IS THE WRONG WAY. If you don't like it, go back to the country where you where born.

You are NOT American citizens so stop trying to control OUR COUNTRY.

[bestalberto]

hei what is the difference between your ancestors who illegaly came to this country and killed the indians and us who also came illegaly to this country but we are trying to resolve this problem in a civil way...? obviously the difference is that we have better intentions, yet you have the audacity to claim yourself a US Citizen... Mexicans were the first and original citizens of the US many years ago...

[casademorte]

That's funny that only "our" ancestors came and killed the indians maybe you don't know your country's history because Cortez was Spanish, hey wait don't Mexicans speak Spanish, he came and pretty much wiped out the entire Aztec people so guess what? Your ancestors killed millions of people in search of gold and glory and maybe on the side teach those "evil savages" about Catholicism.

[casademorte]

Apparently you don't know your own people's history. The Spanish Conquistadors came over looking for gold, glory, and baptize all the "evil savages". They ended up killing millions of Aztecs. The first CITIZENS of the US appeared in 1776, yeah the English. Mexicans were subjects to Spain at the time. Learn some history.

[brent562]

yes its sad i am mexican. but over immigration has crippled our economy, and is going to bankrupt us. even these kids asking for us to support the dream act dont know that our economy is going to ruined by helping them. how are we going to explain it to them? very contreversial indeed

[bestalberto]

hei stupid... it's not mexicans...it's all hispanics... "how am I going to tell you that not all Hispanics are Mexicans... Stupid!!!"

The people who are bankruptin the US are those high paid CEO's and those that take away jobs from US residents and give them to other people in other countries so tha they don't have to pay them so much... those are the ones bankrupting the US... think next time okei...

[wiskawind]

The American goverment is doing this so they can take the Mexican children into the military! If you think this goverment is doing you a favor, think again! They see your children as nothing more than fodder for their WAR Machine!

[kankichisan]

If you are ilegally, the only right you have is to leave. This "dream" act, will effect every CITIZEN of the United States of America. Stand and fight for your county before it's gone.

[chamasaimon]

'affect' please!! learn how to write first...

[mexdado]

GUYS CALL YOUR SENATORS

[chamasaimon]

Calling!!!

[chapisag7]

Please who ever doesnt have anything good to say please dont even say anything. It is crazy how many people in this world with such stupid and unmoral things to say like

h82sk8

I hope god has mercy on you and your thinking ways. Someday he will judge you just like you judge undocumented students. They should ask $1000 bounty for people likr you.

[siclos]

"For a better life." Wow these kids are really smart. They should go HOME and make a better life for THEIR people, THEIR country. These people are opportunists whose parents abandoned their country. Once they ruin the US, the children will likely leave the US for someplace else to feed on.

[h82sk8]

If this is not another reason to bring our troops home, what is? It makes no sense that we are invading the middle east while we are being invaded by South America! Congress needs to stand up to this and put a bounty on all illegal immigrants. Something like a $1000 a head would create a whole new industry.

[stratus37]

This has nothing to do with the middle east. It all has to do with Chertoff and Homeland Security.

[chapisag7]

May God have mercy on your way of thinking.

[Nateofjustice]

Care to watch the eyes of the 8 innocent english literates.All reading whatever was put in front of them,and you better be sure that this cut/paste bullshit filming isn't just to be ARTSY.Lets see...Get white americans to vote for an act to get all immigrants to fight a war that Americans are protesting!Hey that's brilliant.Many will not be able to seek higher education. They will all go to war and it's a pretty way to get americans to dish out more dough to get troops without a draft. . .yet!

[mexdado]

call senators to pass dream act

[kankichisan]

Either wise up about how Americans feel when our land is being invaded . . . or ship out. An ilegal alien will have to pry old glory from my cold dead fingers before I give up my land. My dream is to have my country back.

[bestalberto]

to have your country back??? come on don't be so ignorant... this land belonged to the Native Indians first...

[bill4justice2]

What The Dream Act does is give preferential treatment to Illegal Alien Students; providing them in state tuition when American Citizens students would have to pay much higher Out of State Tuition rates, etc etc. To hell with the Federal Government, the whore that it is........

[jawbusterx]

yes support it =D

[swimdrea87]

My best friend is an undocumented student, came here at 8, Honor roll, volunteering everywhere. She is at UCLA and has to pay full tuition without any Financial Aid. Teh Dream Act is not a free ride. It is allowing these students to obtain financial aid and once graduated be able to work. They have made their lives here. Dont ask them to return to somewhere they know nothing of.

[swimdrea87]

Although a good start, this video does not demonstrate all sectors of the undocumented students nor all arguments in favor. I believe this could have been done a lot better. I am in full support of the Dream Act.

[MTGunNut]

yay! MORE fucking special treatment. 'tarded.

[OpenTheBorder]

Their citizenship was stolen. The 14th Amendment was created for the children of slaves and never intended for the children of illegal alien cowards. We are beating back the invasion & we will fix the 14th Amendment.

Americans will NEVER FORGET the disrespect of the May 1st march of illegal aliens. Fly your foreign now crybaby CRIMINALS!

[CHINITA3333]

This act should be revised, it is a great start, but it is still unfair to those immigrants. We have bright students who deserve a better chance, a fair chance. These people are asking for an opportunity, not a favor. All they need is to level the field.

[Venelatin23]

"Boys MUST enroll and deploy to high combat zones.GIRLS must either deploy to combat zone assistance centers or work for USAID for a period of 6 years." Yeah, right. Illegal immigrants want a chance to have a higher education. However, they're also smart enough to know that if they're not given any benefits before they go to war... why go at all? Illegal aliens are PEOPLE, not just "things" that you can do whatever you want with, and use them as you please. Have a little sense of humanity.

[9guttersharks]

SUPPORT THIS....

there are natural born citizens out there who WASTE their lives in drugs and gangs....ooo and sooo many more things...and these dreamers are educated...even much more than these critics...this will only help the economy since some of the lazy ass LEGALS here dont do crap....they ignore the PRIVILAGE tehy have here....

[CarlosGonzalezsf]

We live in an amazing and generous country. Thank you for helping to put a face to the DREAM Act. We gain tremendous gifts by making sure that these young people stay right here and live out their dream of being productive human beings and citizens.

[kdsvisual]

YEAH!!! THIS IS WHAT WEE NEED. tHE Dream Act!! i mean most of our legal students don't even get to college. they jsut drop out!! i mean these kids will replace dropouts. 100% support it. i mean i 1000% support it. JUST PASS THE FUCKEN DRE@M @CT,,,,,.......!!!!

[DONSATANAS]

I much rather have many of this immigrants who by no choice of their's, are here, yet they have done great things, not join gangs, kill people, sell drugs or do harm to other's in our society, unlike many that were born here and rather not take advantage of the opportunities this great country offers, IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP THEM.

[lair4me]

tHEY SHOULD BE SHOWING THIS VIDEO TO THE CONSULATES OF THEIR HOME COUNTRIES FROM WHENCE THEY CAME. aSK THEM TO PAY FOR THEIR "DREAM" IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY.

THEIR DREAM IS EVERY U.S. CITIZEN STUDENT'S AND FOREIGN STUDENT'S NIGHTMARE. WAKE UP AND DEFEAT THE DREAM ACT.

[lacuadra70]

These children already got a lot of free education from us, the tax-payers.

The real question is,does the US need these children, honestly, good grades are not ENOUGH!

How about making a difference in their home country?

How about this: Boys MUST enroll and deploy to high combat zones for three years.

GIRLS must either deploy to combat zone assistance centers or work for USAID for a period of 6 years.

Then based on their merits, we can legalize them

Fair enough?

[iamziggyziggy]

I have a dream...You all get deported!!!

[iamziggyziggy]

I have a dream...You all get deported!!!

[iamziggyziggy]

NO NO NO! One set of rules for ALL PEOPLE!!! Send them home!!!

[Dittomom]

So, these kids are being given a free education K-12 on MY dime because if their parents are illegals they're not paying taxes right? That sucking sound is ME paying for illegal education and healthcare because they won't be honest and become legal citizens and pay taxes!

[KingOfHaze420]

-_- a lot of immigrants pay taxes you dont need to be a legal resident to do so lol. jeez i would say your more uneducated than those kids up there talking LOL

[lair4me]

65,000 illegal alien students arrogantly think their families should be rewarded for breaking our immigration laws with taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition discounts AND citizenship? Why? Because they've been raised with a false sense of entitlement to benefits/privileges of citizenship just b/c their families evaded the laws and deportation long enough for them to take advantage of free public school? Hell no. STOP THE DREAM ACT....SI SE PUEDE!

[swissersian]

support the dream act everyone call your state senators!!!

[lair4me]

How is that fair to place an illegal alien student like these in a better position than those foreign nationals who played by the rules and obtained student visas to come and study in the U.S? They don't automatically qualify for citizenship and aren't eligible for any public grants/scholarhips/loans/disco­unts. So,illegal alien families are more deserving? Absolutely not.

[willywax23]

lair4me u need to analyze this issue more. The legal imigrants that come here are filling college degree jobs that American citizens don't. They are usually recruited;legal imigrant students are usually well off, undocumented imigrants will NOT be in a better position, they will only b allowed to work here. Wouldn't it make more sense to give those unfullfilled jobs to people who have been here their whole lives and are acculturated?

[wando630]

One day, the illegal immigrant children will grow up and will vote, and they will kiss the ass of all the racist, bigots and corrupted politicians that used hate to perpetuate themselves in office. These children are the REAL AMERICA.

[lair4me]

These kids have an incredibly arrogant false sense of entitlement handed down thorough their parents and the racist, separatist, socialist radical organizations like LA RAZA, MECHA, LULAC. I'm Hispanic, a natural born citizen and my parents played by the rules....THESE BRATS are NOT the REAL AMERICA. They can go to college for a lot less money in their home countries. Si Se puede....

[s00andre]

i didnt see any arrogance in the video

[wando630]

Not supporting the Dream Act is Anti-american, those kids broke no law since they were brought into the US when they were babies. You just can not condemn them to ilegality and deportation just because "we need to educate american children first", I think this is a frivolous and cruel argument. Please Support the Dream Act.

[lair4me]

The DREAM ACT was conceived by a very un-American, pro-illegal alien, Mexican separatist group named the National Council of LA RAZA, representing mainlyh the intersests of foreign nationals from Mexico living illegally in the U.S. That is not the AMERICAN way.

[DONSATANAS]

1.I agree with you, and not only that, America was built by great minds and hard working people, this kids represent the best of this immigrants, it will only help our country be more competitive with the rest of the world.

[RoyNeary]

That is a silly argument. If you came home from vacation and squatters had taken up residence in your house, would it matter to you whether they had children when you decided to call the police to have them escorted out?

These children should take the gifts that have already been given to them and plant the seeds of a great society in their own countries!

[kristy2oo7]

How about I give you a better example: if you were standing near a pool with a lifesaver on your hands and right next to you there was a person drowning, would you let them drown? just because you believe they put themselves in that situation in the first place? If you answered yes, then that just says a lot about your moral character.

[realestMC]

I'm all for this in theory but 15 is a pretty old cut off date, for the kids that were brought here has little kids though, they should be given a chance

[KingOfHaze420]

what if you were 10? :o

[willow2947]

I love the children and they deserve a chance but we need to educate American Children First...

[thedrunkpianist]

Unfortunately, American children take everything they're being offered for granted.

[willow2947]

We need to support the poor American children. They're everywhere!

[willow2947]

I Love these children and it's not their fault. I haven't read the act yet but who pays for their education? The children stay, get educated, kept healthy etc and the illegal families go back home right? We can't afford to support them All. That's asking too much. I would go home for my child's opportunity. I also know there are a lot of poor American children and famlies that need a break too.

[Y2ANJ]

What do you mean "who pays for their education"? They'll have to pay tuition to go to college.

[RoyNeary]

If you honestly think that the tuition that a student pays covers the entire cost for a college education, then you should call your local university to find out the truth.

A student only pays about 60% of the real cost of the education in tuition.

[hopebastian]

I love this video! I love how you combine the stories of the different students to explain the issue.

[Dan1120]

I fucking HATE that the only kids mentioned are of Spanish-speaking descent. Hello? This isn't just a South American issue. I support the DREAM Act, but this is SHITTY advertising. Show the Europeans, the Asians, the Brazilians, the people who've scored PERFECT 2400s on the SATs. And some people fluent in English. I mean, don't get me wrong, I can relate to these kids big time, but you have to show how "American" (basically, white) some undocumented folks can be.

[blueberry221]

The DREAM Act would allow for them to be able to fully support themselves and become productive members of society, which they are obviously trying to accomplish.

They are at Harvard, they are at UCLA, they are at Stanford, they are at Berkeley, they are at Yale...are these the kind of people you want out of this country? They earned their way to the top without any support...getting into schools like these is no accident...it's time we demonstrate ours!

[blueberry221]

It is absurd to state that they shouldn't have broken the law. Do you honestly think that someone from another country would willingly come here to be discriminated and hated against? They come here because they are forced to...nobody wants to be undocumented. But imagine what kind of conditions they came from to actually endure what their going through now and still stay here.

[kyungwooky2]

i support the dream act and usa will get his money back when all students will be successful. it will be more benefit to usa when they will be successful. so please give them nice future.

[silvertonbook]

I am a lifetime Republican and I support DREAM ACT. If the Republican leadership tries to block this common sense legislation again, I will start voting for the Democrats from now on.

[Jishory]

Their parents shouldnt have broken the law! They should be penalized for risking their kids lives! They should take out a student loan from the bank of america and pay for their own education like I did! all they want is free free free

[blueberry221]

Don't you get it? They don't qualify for loans! They can't legally work and pay their way through college! They can't drive to school, they can't vote for political leaders, they can't help the communities that they came from...we've already given our tax dollars to pay for their K-12, their constitutional right, so why can't we invest in them again to finish college and give back to the nation that raised them?

[s00andre]

ppl talk shi*t...if they were in the same situation and would have lived in Latina America they would get it...

[4EverMMan]

Your parents are at fault. Don't blame the laws of this country. Take your GPA over to your native country and let them pay for your education.

[juliocsr]

you do realize that by having well educated people in the american system it will only improve this country.

[guayabiita]

Uhm I dont see them "blaming any laws"...and their parents are not at fault for wanting to provide themselves and their children a better future. If you were in the same situation if bet you you would've done the same exact thing so take your comments and stick them where they fit.