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    The DREAM Act

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    The Development‚ Relief‚ and Education for Alien Minors‚ better known as The DREAM Act would allow undocumented “students who grew up in the United States a chance to contribute to our country’s well-being by serving in the U.S. armed forces or pursuing a higher education.” (WH) However‚ for over fifteen years the DREAM Act has been revised and modified in various attempts to pass in the Senate‚ which led to state governments to take action. These states are able to provide in-state tuition to the

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    COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 473 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALIZATION‚ AND TO REPEAL ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN AND THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT. Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines: Section 1. Title of Act. – This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Revised Naturalization Law." Section 2. Qualifications. – Subject to section four of this Act‚ any person having the following qualifications may become

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    supported the Dream Act and was an advocate for it to pass. The Act was originally passed in Marcy 2011‚ but was put back on the ballot for the election as a referendum. The DREAM Act includes two major developments. The first part is granting legal status for illegal immigrants who entered the United States before the age of sixteen. The second development allows the immigrants to attend public universities and gives in-state tuition. Under the first major provision‚ the DREAM Act would allow unauthorized

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    February‚ two thousand seven. [ REPUBLIC No. 9 4 8 5 Acr 1 .4N ACT TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN THE DELIVERY O F GOVERNMENT SERVKE TO THE PLBLIC BY REDUC71\IG ’ BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE. PRE\IENTI"TIN GRAFT AND CORRIJPTION‚ AND PROVIDING PENAIXES THEREFOR f Be i f eimcted by flze Scnufe und House o Represeiztntives of tke Philippines in Congress assembled: 1. SECTION Short Title. - This Act shall be known a s the "Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007". SEC.2. DecIai-ation of Policy. - I t is hereby declared

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    An act to provide for certain benefits to employees in case of sickness‚ maternity and "employment injury" and to make provision for certain other matters in relation thereto. APPLICABILITY Every employee (including casual and temporary employees)‚ whether employed directly or through a Contractor who is in receipt of such wages as prescribed by central Govt. is entitled to be insured under ESI Act. However‚ Apprentices engaged under Apprentices Act are not entitled to the ESI benefits. Coverage

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    Aja Williams March 26‚ 2014 Professor Scaletta Controversial Issues The DREAM Act (bacronym for Development‚ Relief‚ and Education for Alien Minors) is an American legislative proposal first introduced in the Senate on August 1‚ 2001. The bill is to grant permanent residency to immigrants who show good moral character and who graduate from U.S. high schools. They have to have moved to the United States as a minor and had lived in the country for more than five years. If the immigrant was in

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    The Dawes act was passed in 1871. It caused Indian tribes to work for the federal government. The act allotted that Indians would get 40-160 acres of land. In a 25 year trust period‚ if the Indians took care of the land‚ they got to sell it or put it up for lease. However if the didn’t take care of it‚ they still had to pay taxes. I would change the fact that the Indians could sell their land after 5 years‚ and they shouldn’t have to pay taxes. The Indians also shouldn’t have had to farm. The Indians

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    The quote I chose from from page 97 was “We remember the kindness more than ever‚ knowing that our relatives who immigrated to this country after the Iranian revolution did not encounter the same America.” (Firoozeh Dumas page 92) The reason I chose this quote is because It is a very important detail from the story. In this quote she is talking about how much kindness her and her family received before the Iranian Revolution and it shows how much how racist the country became after it. This excerpt

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    Dream Act

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    31‚ 2013 – January 6‚ 2014 THE DREAM “Is the American dream a myth or a reality for Hispanics today?” What is the DREAM act? Development‚ Relief‚ and Education for Alien Minors – The DREAM Act is an American legislative proposal that was passed by the American senate on August 1‚ 2001. The act covers illegal aliens as old as thirty-five years old. The DREAM Act “provides conditional permanent residency to certain immigrants of good moral character who graduate from U.S. high schools‚ arrived

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    Staying where I am‚ who I am without all the anticipation‚ suspension‚ or excitement caused by and corresponding to bravery is fine with me. But without taking risks in your life‚ people call you boring‚ cowardly‚ mellow. You never experience the rush of exhilaration often described in books whenever someone does something exciting‚ brave‚ or dramatic. And so being the boring person that I am‚ I decided one day to step out of the circular wall that I have built around me and try to get a taste of

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