I was also brought here by my parents when I was two years old. I am currently going to college, and I will graduate soon with an associates of science. I would love to continue to attend school and ultimately get a Business degree.

I have been married to a U.S citizen for seven years now..and I have not been able to gain any legal status because I did not have legal entry into the country. I do not think that I should be held responsible for something I did not do. This is the only country I know and the only one I am loyal to...I believe myself to be American just like any person who has love and loyalty to this country.

I would like to join the U.S. Marines...

I hope that the dream act gets approve, it will be a great step towards planning our future.

This is gonna make everything fair for minorities. They should not suffer for what wasnt their fault. They are children not criminals. I wasnt born in the USA, my father neither, but im still a citizen. and even though i might not need this act the people i love do. and our people do, Let them follow their dreams dear President. And i'll pray to God to let them have what they deserve :)

I was brought here when I was 5-6 years old, I had no choice. I was born in Budapest, Hungary and I am a human being just like everyone else. I support the Dream Act 100%. I believe it will make my life possible here in the U.S. and everybody else who was brought here without a choice.

I am my family's first born "American." I know what it is like to be the first to go to college and the odds stacked against children of the working class immigrant. My heart goes out to those young people who have worked long and hard to accomplish their dreams. Young people should not be punished for choices they did not take part in making. American should cherish the passionate hearts and minds who have the potential to positively contribute to the future. Aid young people in becoming citizens and pursue the life goals their families struggled to come to this country for their children to acheive--support the Dream Act!

WE WANT DREAM ACT!!! WE WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE!

HELP US!

What if the individual is self employed and owns a business!! Does he or she still need to do school? The individual has employees and pays taxes?

Thank you!!

Let us breathe!

It's about time this year for Congress and the President to enact the DREAM Act. The long wait should be over because a lot of undocumented students are suffering from pursuing their college education. They want to be contributing members of this country of immigrants. Legalize the innocent children, allow them to succeed, and let them serve this nation with their oath of allegiance. Let the DREAM Act succeed and not become a nightmare! Congress and the President must act right now!!!

like dr king's dream came true our dream act can come true too. Don't loose the faith.

we need this please help us.

We should not penalize kids who were brought here illegally by their parents. They did not knowingly or willingly break any law. They should be given a path to citizenship especially since these kids all went to school in the U.S. and then get stuck when they can't go to college. Let them become productive members of society.

This would be a great idea, to give many young kids who were brought to the U.S. against their will, an opportunity to excel, and do something productive with their lives.

Kids who were brought to this country, without knowing it is illegal, should not have to be seen as criminals. The Kids who grew up in this country have no other recolation than the one's made in the US. Give the, innocent, youth the chance to succed and prove to this NATION of IMMIGRANTS, that they are here to make a difference--just like myself.

Nabor M. Alvarado

My dream has always been to be an obstetrician. I have faith that a dream act will be passed this year. If it is not passed, I have no idea what I will do. I dont want to spent the rest of my life working my butt off just to survive here. I pray everyday that something is done for this is my country, I have lived here my whole life. I cannot afford college because of my status and if I did what will I do with a degree and no job?

It's horrible to feel like you can't achieve the career you want because you don't have the money to pay out state. Even if you do graduate from college what then, you can't get a job because like everyone says, you don't have that piece of paper that allows you to achieve success in this country. Please everyone support the Dream Act so we can have a life!!!

I support the Dream Act. I am an AB 540 student striving to obtain an education. Unfortunately, because of my legal status, I am unable to receive any financial aid other than scholarships. I am trying to save money and will be applying for scholarships in order to be able to afford to attend UCSD in Fall of 2011. Because of the cost of school, I don't think it will be enough. Therefore, I have created a website - www.thefinishline.weebly.com in order to raise money. If the dream act were to pass, my dream would come true. Please help get it passed.

i need this DREAM Act..! i am currently under dismissal proceedings, and if nothing is passed by November, I will have to leave the country because I have no relief. My parents are not citizens and i have no children or spouse. I have lived here all my life, and and don't even know Costa Rica, the country in which i was originally born. All i am is a functioning member of an American society that gave me a dream to better myself since i was young, and now i cannot achieve or realize that dream because I don't have a piece of paper that says i can. but i do know this.. whether i stay or i go, I am an American, and I will take my American mentality, and my American way of live, and be successful else where..!!

Please, we need this. Have a hearth I know you do, why not pass a dream act what have we done wrong . We didn't choose this path. This is our house and here is were I want to die.

Support the Dream Act so those who are not listened to will finally be able to be heard.

It is imperitive that our law makers focus on a comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system. Families are being torn apart. People of sound moral character are being treated like crimminals and caged like animals. This is a monumental task but we have got to start somewhere. "The Dream Act" is a proposed federal legisaltion that addresses those young people that through no choice of their own were brought into this country illegally at a young age and grew up with dreams and aspirations similiar to the legal residents of the U.S. They are prvented from pursuing higher education and at any moment can be deported to a country they are no longer familiar with. Please pass legislation that will keep their spirit alive. They are the future hope of our country.

I fully support the Dream Act and what it would represent to thousands of young students. I have seen first hand how difficult it is for these individuals when they cannot get a driver's license, they cannot get into college, they cannot attend a college that accepted them on a soccer scholarship, because they don't have a social security number, the list goes on and on. Many of these students want nothing more than to live productive lives in the US and to become contributing citizens. I think the benefits to passing this act will be far-reaching for our nation.

This is such an important piece of legislature. Young adults who were brought to this country illegally as children and grew up here, should have the chance to live the American Dream we've been selling them while they attended our public schools. This is the home they know. This is the country they love. They go to high school, participate in AVID, earn the grades and plan for college just to discover they have no rights and no guaranteed avenue for gaining citizenship. They graduate, turn 18, and are abandoned by the system that sold them the dream in the first place. I believe first priority citizenship should go to children from our neighbor next door (Mexico).

I'VE BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE AND IT HURTS TO KNOW THAT I CAN'T CONTINUE WITH MY DREAM TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION. I HOPE AND PRAY AMERICA CAN REALIZE THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE FROM. WE DESERVE TO HAVE A DREAM AND TO LIVE OUR DREAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WANT TO LEARN
TO NOURISH MY MIND WITH HOPE AND DREAMS
I WANT TO BE EDUCATED
BREAK THE BARRIERS OF LANGUAGE AND RACIAL SCHEMES
I BELONG TO THIS COUNTRY" LAND OF THE FREE"
BUT WHERE'S THE FREEDOM?
WHERE'S THE EQUALITY WHEN OBTAINING AN EDUCATION IS OUR ONLY SIN.
EDUCATION IS KNOWLEDGE, FUTURE OF FAMILY,
AND DREAM ACT IS THE ONLY HOPE

Enact the DREAM Act NOW!

Everyone deserves to dream..... please support our dream act

i've graduated from high school.... i've been here basically my whole life, i want to have a future just like everyone alse, but what am i supposed to do now?

graduation is coming up for me and it is sad how day that is supposed to be full of joy will be pure tears because i would not be able to continue with me education please support the dream act.

We must remember our origins.

EDUCATION IS FOR EVERYONE THE UNITED STATES HAS TO PASS THIS ACT TO GIVE EVERYONE THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION IF THEY DONT THIS ISNT THE LAND OF THE FREE.

i hope the Dream act gets passed this year. so i and other illegal immigrants would get residency and then lead to citizenship.so we can have a future like we planned we did?

I graduated with my Bachelor Degree and I want to come back to school and do my Masters but cant.. I need help

THE UNITED STATES HAS TO PASS THE DREAM ACT THIS YEAR! IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY! MANY LIVES WILL BE IMPROVED FOR THE BETTER. STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING SUPPORTED WITH AN EDUCATION AND BECOMIMG LEGAL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY IN THE HOPE OF IMPROVING THE WORLD!!!!!!

Throughout my time in High School I worked hard with the hope to make a difference in the world, look back on life and be satisfied that I had made a change for the better. It all came crashing down when I discovered that my opportunities where cut short, that there would be a huge wall that I could not take down on my own. Help all of us who want to make a difference, give us the opportunity and we will not dissapoint. Think of all those intelligent minds who are being restraint from their fulfillment and from making a difference in the world. DREAM act is the key.

Thanks for all the support. Lets hope for the best!

Dream act will basically turn my life around 180 degrees. It's really tragic that so many bright people have to come to a halt after college or even before college because they can't apply for any financial aid or get good scholarships. I really really hope the Dream Act passes this year!!!
I came here when I was 9 years old and am now going to be a junior in college. Even though I'm in a good 6-year Pharm D. program, the tuition is becoming unbearable every semester and it's just so hard not knowing what's going to happen to me. Make the Dream Act into a law!!

We all deserve to achieve our dreams..

I graduated from hs in 2006, had taken some non credit clases in collage i obtained my microsoft certifications and became a network system administrator. And now what ???
Next step is to get a Associate in Science
but i need this soo much
I'm stuck in my life at this moment.
Lets make the Dream Act happen !!!

I am a current student at Cypress College, CA. I definitely support this Dream Act but please consider to raising the age limit to 18. I was brought here when I was already 16!
Thank you.

Everyone deserves to dream..... please support our dream act

Isupport this act.Please consider raising the age limit to 18, which is the leagal age in most countries from where immigrant children come from! :)

I have recently graduated with a bachelors degree in businees. Accounting is my major and I also have a minor in management information systems... NOW WHAT!

I was brought Here when i was 10yrs old by my parents thanks to the injusticces that we had caused by the corrupt government in mexico after my brothers death which was caused by a government official who was drunk drivin. now im eighteen and i want to start college but gettin by without the neccessary documents gets harder and hader everyday. I need to work hard and save up money to go to community college since we can't apply for loans or good scholarships. WE NEED THIS!!!!

I really want this to happen because I do really need a better future in my life.I was brought here since i was six years old and this year iam going into my jounior year and i want to go to collage. Thats why i really want for the dream act to pass. =)

Everyone deserves to dream && achieve!

I'm 21 and I've been living in the United States since I was 5. Now that I'm in college every semester I worry if I will be able to afford another year of college. I'm an athlete, a student and I have big dreams I want to accomplish. Please help us by signing this petition!!

Most legal people don't know how much this means to us, I graduated HS and now I have to work and save money to enroll in the winter semester. this is of great importance to all of us who really want to succed but don't have the help we need, and some legal students don't even care about school the way we do.