Originally Posted by dtrt09

If the Chicago DREAM Act comes to be, Emanuel's campaign said a Chicagoan must meet the following criteria:

* Moved to Chicago before the age of 16...
* Resided in Chicago for at least five consecutive years prior to application for DREAM Status.
* Be a student in good standing at an elementary or high school in Chicago - public, private or religious.
* Be between the ages of 12 and 25 at the time of application.
* Be a law-abiding Chicagoan.

This isn't for the state of Illinois - it is only for Chicagoans who would be able under this plan to attend college in Chicago. This is a new low for the Dems.

Wtf is this? Wtf is next? A neighborhood "DREAM" act so that you won't have to worry about attending public K12 in your area schools? Everyone is hijacking the actual DREAM act legislation; watering it down; applying in all manner of variations, except the one that counts: legalization. I see that he lowered the age to 25. I know he is no longer at the White House, but this is now the 4th variation of a proposed Dream that I've read with this cut-off age.

The DREAM Act is a legalization program; NOT a tuition plan. If you have status, the cost is the least of the issues because people will work three jobs if necessary; call it immigrant work ethic if you will. This is nothing but cynical pandering and I find it utterly disrespectful for him to expect people to buy his BS.