States' DREAM Acts Could Deter High School Dropouts
Making college more affordable may encourage undocumented students to finish high school.
July 27, 2012 RSS Feed Print
State laws allowing DREAMers to pay in-state tuition could have a positive impact on high school graduation rates.
An estimated 700,000 K-12 students, including150,000 high schoolers, stand to benefit from President Obama'sexecutive order last month to halt deportations of some undocumented youth. While the policy ensures young immigrants will not be deported for at least two years if they meet certain requirements—age, education, time in the United States, and clean criminal records—it stops short of the benefits proposed in the DREAM Act.
Originally introduced in 2001, the Development, Relief, and