I am starting to hear more and more positive media on the DREAM Act. A recent article from AFP Google shows that even the US Education Chief has his reason's for supporting the bill.
According to the article, Most of the reason why the DREAM Act is important to American education is because it points America in the right direction. The U.S. has lost its rank of highest college graduation rate, and in order to be back in competition with countries like China, the DREAM act will act as a catalyst and boost the number of college graduates.
This makes sense because the DREAM Act will likely open up places not just for 1st tier colleges, but also to many community colleges that have quite a lot of room for more students.
Also, it makes no sense to invest in human capital and then suddenly drop that investment after high school or college. It would seem that if money and time was devoted to make sure that undocumented student gets a quality college education, it would be more beneficial to the United States as a whole to continue that investment after college to include residency and employment. A country is only as good as the people that compose it.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good point Pedro! Hey I have some things to discuss with you Pete, it seems like you have a good understanding of the DREAM Act and maybe you could help me out on this. I'll get in contact with you.
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