The DREAM Act 夢想法案

The DREAM Act is a potential legislation that will provide thousands of illegal children and students a path to citizenship.  It will likely be voted on December 8 in the Senate.  The key provisions of the DREAM Act include the following:

-10 years of conditional non-immigrant status
- 3 years of permanent residency
- eligible for citizenship after 3 years of permanent residency

To be eligible for the DREAM Act, an undocument child/student has to meet the following requirements:

- the student must be 30 years old or younger when the Act is enacted;
- the student must have entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday;
- the student must have been present in the United States for at least five years immediately before the DREAM Act is enacted;
-the student must have graduated from high school or been admitted to a college;
- the student has not commited a serious felony or three petty offenses;
- the student is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);
- the student must not be subject to a deportation order before turning 16; and
- the student cannot be guilty of persecuting others based on the grounds of current U.S. asylum law. 

Finally, students who will receive legal status under this legislation is not eligible for government benefits and in-state tuitions.

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在12月8日參議院表決的夢想法案下，某些非法居留的學生可以獲得十年非移民的合法身份，然後可以申請綠卡，再過三年後可申請入藉。

只有符合下資格的學生才可透過夢想法案獲得合法身份：
-年齡上限為30歲以下
-在16歲之前進入美國
-在美國住滿至少五年
-已高中畢業或被大學取錄
-不能犯過一項重罪，或三項輕罪
-不屬於禁止入境或可被驅逐出境的類別
-不可在16歲之前被下令驅逐出境
-不能在過去參與迫害

再者，夢想法案的受益人不能獲得本州學費的優惠或其他社會福利。

以上資料僅供參考之用，並非法律意見。如有個別問題，請致電本所查詢。