The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act has garnered a large amount of support from immigration rights activists and is by and large a bipartisan bill – and that’s because the bill is good, in principle.  The bill would allow immigrants who entered the country five years or more before the bill's enactment and before they were 16 years old to receive provisional U.S. residency. Permanent residency would be granted if, within six years of obtaining conditional residency, the immigrant graduates from a two-year college, completes two years in a bachelor's degree program, performs 910 hours of volunteer community service, or serves in the U.S. armed forces for two years.  Wait – what?!!

With a war raging in Iraq and what seems like the proposed exit strategy that takes us through Iran – our troops are tired, they need rest and they need to come home.  Where will the reinforcements come from for this never ending war on terror?  The DREAM Act?  If it passes – you bet ‘cha.  “An estimated 68,000 active-duty military personnel were born in foreign countries, and 8,000 others enlist every year.  That compounded with the fact that recruiting Latinos has become a top priority, the DREAM Act seems like a good bill that morphed into a backwards draft.