President Obama  Enacted the Dream Act by Executive Order- Truth! & Fiction!

The Truth:  
There is a Dream Act (H.R.1842 & S. 952 ) and the bill is in still in the committee stage of the legislative process.   In late June 2011, when we first investigated this eRumor,  there was no evidence of any such executive order found on the official White House Executive Order web site.   On June 15, 2012, one year later, during an election year, President Obama announced from the White House Rose Garden that his administration would enacting policy changes to stop the deportation of people who were children when their parents illegally entered and settled in the U.S.  Click for statement.

In the days following the announcement several news agencies have reported that President Obama issued an executive order that bypassed Congress to allow more than 800,000 young people to remain legally in the U.S. without fear of being deported but there has yet to be official executive order on the White House web site. Click for White House Executive Order page.

 
The Dream Act:

The Dream Act is a bill that was fist introduced in the Senate back in 2001.  This bill would grant conditional permanent resident status for certain long-term residents who entered the united states as children, if they met certain criteria. The word DREAM is an acronym for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors.  

The Hill, a newspaper that reports on the daily business in Congress while it is in session, has been following the progress of this act and in a May 11, 2011 article said the Dream Act would include immigrants whose parents brought them to the United States illegally when they were children.

According to the text of the Dream Act, some of the conditions that must be met by immigrants are that they must currently be residing in the United States and have a "good moral character during the entire period of conditional permanent resident status."  Eligibility can also be granted to those who have "acquired a degree from an institution of higher education in the United States or has completed at least 2 years, in good standing, in a program for a bachelor's degree or higher degree in the United States."  There is also a condition for those who have served or are currently serving in the U. S. Military for at least 2 years.  If they are no longer serving and have been discharged they must show proof of an honorable discharge.

Over the years, the bill has failed to pass in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, which are the two necessary steps for a bill before it can be signed into law by the President.  The Dream act has been brought up a number of times since 2001.  The last time, in 2010 before the 111th Congress under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi.  Congress passed the bill on December 8, 2010 but it was met by tough opposition from the Senate according to an article posted that day in The Hill. 

The bill was brought up again before the Senate and the House of Representatives on May 11, 2011 and on June 1 it was referred to the House subcommittee.

Currently the Congressional Bill is HR-1842.  Text of the bill and status information can be found by clicking this link.

The Senate Bill is S-952 and the text of the bill and status information can be found by clicking this link.

Check out what happened on Friday (6-24-2011)

Dream Act: Obama passes amnesty by executive order
Written by Gil Guign at Border & Immigration Breaking News Featured June 23, 2011

Arizona
Last Friday with no fan fare no press coverage and with every effort made to hide his actions from the American people, President Obama, enacted the DREAM Act by executive order.

Opposed by a majority of the American people and twice defeated in Congress the DREAM Act grants amnesty to any illegal alien residing in the United States if she/he agrees to enlist in the U.S. Military or enter college.

The Obama administration memo from the John Morton Director of I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) directs I.C.E. Agents now to use prosecutorial discretion with regard to enforcing immigration laws.

Director Morton says that Obama Administration policy directs border patrol agents not to enforce immigration laws: When ICE favorably exercises prosecutorial discretion it essentially decides not to assert the full scope of the enforcement authority available to the agency.

You read that right.

According to the Obama administration, favorable enforcement means NOT enforcing the law!

According to one of the first press reports to break this important story the new Obama policy is cut and dry: federal immigration officials do not have to deport illegal aliens if they are enrolled in any type of education program if their family members have volunteered for U.S. Military service or even if they are pregnant or nursing.

Arizona and the voter ID law

Just recently Obama�s Department of Justice (DOJ) blocked Arizona from enforcing its voter ID law. Arizona is one if not the biggest portal of illegal immigration in the nation with half a million illegal aliens coming through the sate annually. Arizona �s Attorney General Tom Horne recently stated that he believed that blocking of the law facilitated massive voter fraud by illegal aliens.

Attorney General Tom Horne accused the Obama administration Tuesday of trying to thwart Arizona �s voter-ID laws in a bid to get more illegal immigrants to the polls presumably to cast ballots for the president and Democrats.

Horne acknowledged that a brief filed by the Department of Justice in a case to be heard next month by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals centers around the agency�s argument that Arizona�s law requiring proof of citizenship to register is preempted by federal law. But Horne, a Republican, told Capitol Media Services he sees something more sinister.

The 2012 presidential elections
First we have amnesty passed by executive order, then we have President Obama�s DOJ blocking voter ID in Arizona . What could possibly be the president�s motive?

This story has the potential to bring the Obama Administration to its knees. The momentum can be on our side and just e-mailing it to others can create a critical mass. Don�t assume you have no power. You do!

If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.

If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

This is truly scary! Of course we are not a democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic . Someone should point this out to Obama. Of course we know he and too many others pay little attention to The Constitution. There couldn't be more at stake than in Nov 2012. If you are as concerned as I am, please pass this along.

as far as I can check this appears to be true.

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