Read the excerpt below: As of now, if a child is brought into the country illegally, there is no method for becoming a
documented resident. Congress should consider giving undocumented students an opportunity
to gain legal status by passing the DREAM act, a bill that would provide certain illegal students
who graduate from US high schools, who are of good moral character, and who arrived in the
U. S. as minors, the opportunity to earn permanent residency. It was introduced in the United States Senate, and the United States House of Representatives on March 26, 2009. Passing
the DREAM Act would encourage undocumented students to achieve in school and become
helpful members of our society. This opportunity for education would allow them to obtain
good jobs and salaries and thus get off the welfare system and stay out of crime.

The purpose of this passage is ...*

•To explain how the DREAM act impacts undocumented children in the United States.

•To explain how the DREAM act was introduced in Congress.

•To argue that the DREAM act would ultimately help undocumented students become productive members of society.

•To argue that the DREAM act would solve the immigration issues our country experiences.