The document discusses the current debate around immigration reform in the United States. It focuses on the DREAM Act, which proposes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors, outlining its origins and development. The document also examines broader immigration challenges, including push/pull factors driving migration and mixed government policies, and how the DREAM Act reflects a paradigm shift in the immigration debate.

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The DREAM Act and the Reality of Setting an
Informed Agenda for Immigration
David M. Savino

2. The DREAM Act and the Reality of Setting an
Informed Agenda for Immigration
I. Introduction
A. Current Immigration debate
B. Comprehensive vs. limited reform
II. The Immigration Challenge
A. Push and Pull factors
B. Mixed policy messages over the decades
C. Social burdens
D. Economics
E. Labor Market
F. Immigration paradox
G. Government response

3. The DREAM Act and the Reality of Setting an
Informed Agenda for Immigration
III. The DREAM Act and the Immigration Paradigm
Shift
A. DREAM Act origins
(Development, Relief and Education for
Alien Minors)
B. Plyer v. Doe (1982)
C. Americans in waiting
D. DACA – (Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals) – June 15, 2012
E. 2012 election
F. Prospective outcomes