Dream Act

[ dreem akt ]

noun

, Law.

1. Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act: proposed legislation intended to provide a path to lawful permanent residency for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as minors, contingent upon their submission to background and medical checks and their fulfillment of educational requirements.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dream Act¹

First recorded in 2000–05; backronym for D(evelopment,) R(elief, and) E(ducation for) A(lien) M(inors) Act

Example Sentences

Then deal with the host of significant residual issues starting with the Dream Act kids.

From The Daily Beast

The move came after Republicans rejected a bill, the DREAM Act, that would have put these people on the path to citizenship.

From The Daily Beast

Numbers USA, FAIR, and CIS were all part of the effort that successfully defeated the DREAM Act in the Senate in 2010.

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Unilateral implementation of certain aspects of the Dream Act never passed by Congress?

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Sweeping gun control measures, the DREAM Act, and the trumped-up “war on women” immediately come to mind.

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