Subsidizing College Tuition for Illegal Immigrants is Just

Every year 50,000 to 65,000 illegal immigrants grow up in this country, attend a school here and graduate from high school. These students are the ones whose parents came to the United States illegally and brought them at a very young age. Regardless of their immigration status, these students are allowed into the public school system to get their basic education. But what happens after high school is what creates problems. Because these students are illegal, they cannot provide a social security number and cannot qualify for financial aid which means it makes it very hard to afford and attend a college. Federal laws governing financial aid exclude undocumented students. So many illegal immigrants do not go to college. To change this situation, the DREAM Act was introduced. The DREAM Act “would permit undocumented students who graduate from high school to apply for legal residency and allow these students to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in their home state” according to the article Subsidizing College Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Is Just. If the DREAM Act is passed, illegal immigrant students can pay in-state tuition and go to college and apply for legal residency which means they can work legally in the United States. This can even help better the economy because then, they would be paying taxes etc. After working so hard in high school, these students can continue their studies and education in college if this act is passed. It is a great reward for the students “whom have over come the odds of growing up in tough neighborhoods and impoverished immigrant families to remain in school and succeed. These young people deserve to be rewarded for doing the right thing,” says the article. These students who are illegal didn’t choose to be illegal; it was their parents. So they shouldn’t have to pay for their parents actions. If they want to continue studying, they should be able to in my opinion.
If I worked hard throughout my high school years, I would want to go to college. Sleepless nights writing those papers, doing that math homework, studying for a test etc has to be worth something. If I knew I wasn’t going to be able to go to college like an illegal immigrant, then I’d say, “what is the point?” I think maybe that’s why the drop-out rate for Hispanics is so high. They don’t have a goal so they think what’s the point? This could all be changed. The dropout rate could reduce and those sleepless nights writing those papers could all lead up to something. Going to college... if the DREAM Act passes. If not, these students are hopeless. All that’s left is working, and then the pattern continues for generations. Because they don’t have an education and a legal status, their children won’t then either. The DREAM Act could better the Hispanics outlook. It can stop this by providing the illegal immigrants with a college education, getting them a good job plus a legal status which then they can later apply for citizenship. I believe everyone deserves an education beyond high school no matter what legal status a person may have. Everyone wants the same thing: success.