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07-29-2010, 09:34 AM
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Immigrant
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Originally Posted by OrlandoDREAM Act View Post
please correct your findings.
What is wrong with my findings?

Under the 18 : Minors cannot petition for immigration benefits(If this was the case, then all the minor citizens would petition for their illegal parents, but they must wait until they turn 18 before they could petition for their parents), so they must turn 18 before they could petition for an immigration benefit under Dream Act. There is no lower age cap either, so a 5 year old who was brought in 5 years ago would qualify, but must wait until 18 to petition for benefits under Dream Act. So that would change this age bracket to be 5~17, but that's about it.

18~34 : We all agree on this.

35+ : These people are qualified under the Section 6. RETROACTIVE BENEFITS UNDER THIS ACT. of the Senate Bill. There is no upper age cap in House Bill.

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SEC. 6. RETROACTIVE BENEFITS UNDER THIS ACT.

If, on the date of enactment of this Act, an alien has satisfied all the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 4(a)(1) and section 5(d)(1)(D), the Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the status of the alien to that of a conditional resident in accordance with section 4.
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(A) the alien has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 5 years immediately preceding the date of enactment of this Act, and had not yet reached the age of 16 years at the time of initial entry;

(B) the alien has been a person of good moral character since the time of application;

(C) the alien--
(i) is not inadmissible under paragraph (2), (3), (6)(E), or (10)(C) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)); and
(ii) is not deportable under paragraph (1)(E), (2), or (4) of section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a));

(D) the alien, at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education in the United States, or has earned a high school diploma or obtained a general education development certificate in the United States;

(E) the alien has never been under a final administrative or judicial order of exclusion, deportation, or removal, unless the alien--
(i) has remained in the United States under color of law after such order was issued; or
(ii) received the order before attaining the age of 16 years; and

(F) the alien had not yet reached the age of 35 years on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Last edited by Immigrant; 07-29-2010 at 09:58 AM..
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