Why is it taking so long for anything to be passed or mentioned to the politicians? It's amazing that a child of illegal status can be enrolled into school, be allowed to graduate and want to go to college………….then say, No, sorry, you can't get any financial aid as you are not here legally! Why let this child go to school in the first place if they aren't going to have the ablility to continue their education. I feel if they went from Kindergarten and graduated high school, and want to pursue college that when they graduate college they get to become American citizens! Drop out and get into trouble, face possible deportation or fines. There needs to be more awareness for these kids. I don't think the adult parents should get any kind of break, they did break the law and are damn lucky they didn't get deported. There should be no amnesty again, but I do think the kids suffer because of the parent's choices. I could ramble forever, but hopefully this will be a start of immigration reform and change that is way past due.

I am a college student attening one of Indiana's prominent colleges and have been maintaining a steady 4.0 GPA. This semester I conducted a persuasive speech about the" Vital Need For Immigration Reform." I secured over one hundred signatures on a letter i wrote to president Obama supporting his plan to fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy. I wish to see that opposing politicians would cease their rivalry against illegal immigrants and help our decent American citizens to understand that after all, undocumented immigrants are too decent people.

We, the AB540 students of universities and community college should enforce and fight for this with all we've got! this is our opportunity to shine and let congress know who we are and what we are trying to accomplish and should be out there more than last year, last year we were close by votes, but unfortunately we didn't get enough votes. I have faith that 2010 we are going to dream! and dream big!. We will unite and make this happen because we can't wait any longer, we need change now! we need to Act now more than ever! DREAM ACT 2010!

i would feel so greatful because this would help me pay my school's tuition. it would be easier to find a job, and to drive without that constant reminder that i do not have a license. i would be able to vote and have that power so many people have but often ignore. as for the comments made before, i do not blame my parents. never have, never will. thanks to them i have become a great responsible person. if they decided to come to the united states that was their choice, i have never judged them. i'm 19 years old trying to live my life, to go to college and become a CPA. it's difficult for me to pay tution, and textbooks. i know this is the case of soooo many other students. but we shall not give up. we will reach our goals and show everyone our potential. show the world that even though we do have barriers we will be able to achieve anything we set our mind to. none of us should be ashamed of being undocumented, especially if we are responsible, ethical, and great people. i myself do not feel ashamed, because it's something i don't have control over. sure i could go back to my home country, but i don't have anything there.

i am not illegal, i am a proud undocumented dreamer, dreaming to become an american citizen. si se puede!!!

Give these undocumented young adults a path. They have done nothing wrong. They went to school, graduated and deserve a chance to become productive members of our society. My children went to school with these children. They are great kids with so much to offer. I don't agree
with thier parents choice to bring them here illegally, but don't punish them. Most of them would do anything for a chance. Pass the Dream Act..Give them a path.

OMG! I've been waiting so long for this bill and let's pray that this time it will come true. I've been living in the US for almost half of my life. I came here when I was 13, and now I'm 22. I'm not shame of being illegal because I know the kind of person that I've become.. I havent done anything "bad". As you see I was only 13 when I came to this country. I had no choice to stay in my home country. My mother had to look for a better place to raise her children. But now I feel like I'm a criminal. The only "crime" is to search for a better life, to become someone in life. I'm struggling to go to college with all this expensive tuition that I'm paying. I'm paying 4 times what an instate student pays. I honestly don't know where all this expesive tuitions add up from!. They say is because of taxes, but all my family pay taxes!!!. I have not the right to get a license and get a job, which makes it even harder to stay in college but nothing will stop me for wanting to become what I want to become

i've been waiting for a bill like this since i knew that i wasn't documented. i've lived here all my life, and i do love my home country but it's not my home. if this bill is passed i promise to make these representatives and everyone else who supports us proud. i also know that all of us will show our potential to the nation and not let them down.

I've been waiting for the Dream Act to pass for far too long! I've had my hopes set on it for just as long. I consider myself an American, the only difference is I'm undocumented. Yet I haven't let this stop me in my journey to a better future. I'm attending college to become a civil engineer, a woman engineer, something that is not too common. Why wouldn't the government want to have bright young people who you know work hard given their circumstances, who are going to school and can help this country's economy. Sometimes I do become enraged when people who are born here don't take advantage of all the rights they are born with. I constantly think of everything I would do if I could finally become legal, but at times it seems unreachable. I'm going to school not only to benefit myself but to someday be able to help my parents as well. I see how they are struggling right now with the whole economic crisis. I wouldn't want to see them lose everything they worked so hard for. It's a hard life for us who are undocumented, yet we endure it, we go on and work harder regardless. The government should see that.
We need some kind of reform ASAP!!