The DREAM Act has been a hot topic in the past days. Ever since the House of Representatives passed it, the current media burst will probably raise even more awareness, but I'm worried that many against the bill will try to portray the bill as something harmful to America.
I know the year is coming to a close, so I'm going to put up who I plan to invite to be on my panel to evaluate me by May, when my project comes to an end: Chinquapin teacher Andrew Prince, who knows a lot about government since he went to Harvard, mentor Gardner Dudley, Tim Holm who knows a lot about the demographics of immigration in America, and Pedro Villalobos.
They are mainly going to evaluate how efficiently I have tried to raise awareness on the bill, which is the main purpose of my project. Most importantly, I have to get across the message that this is for the benefit of America.
As of now, I feel like I know a lot about the controversy around the DREAM Act, and why some media portrays is as a "nightmare". Most of this is because of people being misinformed about the bill. Some people think that the DREAM Act, is a free ticket to citizenship for illegals. Well, it's not a ticket, and it's not free at all. The bill won't give illegals citizenship, it will only open the doors for many of them. Mostly these are Republicans, but I have been glad to see some Republicans that are in favor of the Dream Act are so because they are well informed about the DREAM Act.
I am planning on getting the school involved. After my presentation on the DREAM Act at school to a small portion of students, I wouldn't mind giving it in front of a larger crowd. I also want to get the school involved, I'm going to start out by writing an article on the Burr, and then probably give a speech to the entire school during circle ceremony. After that I'm going to get the students to write letters to their representatives and senators. I'll see what's comes up after that.
I think your project is a really great idea, but I'm wondering what your panel members have to do with your project. Your idea to bring the information of the DREAM Act is a great idea, though, and I'm completely on board because I know very little about it. I think you have a great thing going here, and all you need to do is explain what you plan to do next semester a little better. Great work, and good luck, Marcos!
ReplyDeleteI am really glad you are taking this project head on because this is a very important issue. Raising awareness is extremely important because if people do not know what exactly are the terms of the dream act and what IS the dream act, they are probably going to start thinking like others that disagree with it. I really hope you can give a speech to a bigger community so they can all know what the dream act really is and how it gives a wonderful opportunity to foreign students. This is what America is about; it is a country of opportunity. When we went to close up and met with a Texas Representative, Ted Poe, he described himself as a delegate. A delegate is someone who votes on what other people want, he represents us. In our conference with him, he did not agree with the dream act. What does that say about the people? Is it just because the people that agree with the dream act are not speaking up? Do people really not agree with it? I think your job is to definitely raise awareness and make people want to speak up.
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