WSJ - The DREAM Act: A Worthy Immigration Bill

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent editorial up on the merits of passing the DREAM Act. Currently, exactly zero Senate Republicans have come out with firm statements of support for the DREAM Act, this piece does a great job of showing that in the past there has been great conservative support of this military preparedness legislation.

....It's in the interests of the country that Republicans in the next Congress find some room for compromise, and pending legislation aimed at undocumented youths is a good place to start. ....The Dream Act would create a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrant children who attend college or join the military.

Not only would the DREAM Act help military preparedness and the ability for so many deserving immigrant children to go to college it is also legislation that in the past has enjoyed wholesale support from conservatives:

The Dream Act has enjoyed Republican support in the past from the likes of Senators Orrin Hatch of Utah and Richard Lugar of Indiana. And come January, the measure deserves to be part of any GOP effort to tackle immigration reform.

What's more the article does an excellent job of highlighting that the DREAM Act allows law abiding immigrants to continue to contribute to society.

Restrictionists dismiss the Dream Act as an amnesty that rewards people who entered the country illegally. But the bill targets individuals brought here by their parents as children. What is to be gained by holding otherwise law-abiding young people, who had no say in coming to this country, responsible for the illegal actions of others? The Dream Act also makes legal status contingent on school achievement and military service, the type of behavior that ought to be encouraged and rewarded.

The full piece can be read here: