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With increased interest in the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act ("Dream Act") - and a vote in Congress imminent - here's a quick JD Supra legal reading list on the bill:

• Why we need the DREAM ACT now! (Nachman & Associates - Sept, 2010):

"...nothing could be more pressing than the one facing many talented young people in our country. In his July 1, 2010 remarks on CIR, President Obama pointed out that many of the 11 million illegal immigrants amongst us came to the US with young children in tow."

• Economic Opportunities of the DREAM Act (Ronald Shapiro - Oct, 2010):

"...The Act, which would grant conditional legal status to young immigrants who are pursuing college educations or serving in the U.S. military, offers potential benefits not only for aspiring young residents, but for U.S. taxpayers as well. Immigrants who had career opportunities to become future doctors, nurses, teachers, other kinds of professionals, or educated entrepreneurs could make greater contributions to the U.S. economy and to the U.S. tax base."

• Requirements for Eligibilty for Legal Status under The DREAM Act (Chavin Immigration Law Office):

"Drafters call the new legal status offered by this bill "conditional nonimmigrant." CNI status would be granted for ten years. It could then be converted to regular green card status, and in three years time after that, US citizenship. The status itself is conditional on maintaining "good moral character," a clean criminal record, and other good immigrant behavior..."

• Immigration Alert: Senate Vote on DREAM Act Imminent (Mintz Levin - Sept, 2010)
• Edward Schumacher-Matos: Why We Need the Dream Act (Robert Kraft - June, 2010)
• Extending the American Dream to Immigrants (Ronald Shapiro - July, 2010)
• Siskind's Immigration Bulletin - November 22, 2010 (Gregory Siskind - Nov, 2010)
• Summary of The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 Relating to Employers (Poyner Spruill - Oct, 2010)

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