In contrast. under the DREAM Act. all recruits would be wellqualified high school graduates with good moral character. Let me explain in more detail how the DREAM Act would work. Currently. our immigration laws prevent thousands of young people from pursuing their dreams and fully contributing to our Nations future. Their parents brought them to the United States when they were children. For many. this is the only home they know. They are fully assimilated into American society and they want nothing more than to be Americans. They have beaten the odds in their young lives. The high school dropout rate among undocumented immigrants is 50 percent compared to 21 percent for legal immigrants and 11 percent for nativeborn Americans. These children have demonstrated the kind of determination and commitment that makes them successful students and points the way to the significant contributions they will make in their lives. They are junior ROTC leaders. honor roll students. and valedictorians.
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Generalization about undocumented immigrants and their high school dropout rate.