I disagreed. I believe the DREAM Act tells the story of America in its proper form. The DREAM Act says if you are a child who came to America before the age of 16. brought here by parents. and you are undocumented. if you have lived in this country for 5 years. if you graduate from high school. if you are prepared to either serve our country in the military or to finish 2 years of college. we will give you a chance to be an American citizen. Why did I introduce this bill? Because. frankly. in my office in Chicago and Springfield and all across the State of Illinois. most of our work is on immigration. I introduced it because I met a young woman. a Korean American who came here at the age of 2. whose family did not file the papers. who learned much later in life when she thought her star was going to soar that she had no country. Her mother came to my office and said: What are we going to do about this little girl?
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