Blog #2 REVISED

My topic is still the DREAM Act, however I have developed in into two sides of it: the moral argument and the economic argument. Both of those sub-topics have the ability to be argued both for and against the DREAM Act. After doing further research, I see the two opposing viewpoints and understand why it is still a prominent point of discussion for politicians and has not been passed although it was introduced in 2001. My research also provided me with a lot more information on how the DREAM Act is economically beneficial to our country and how it can improve not just the economic standing of alien minors but also of American citizens. The following link gave me a lot of information on that: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2012/10/01/39746/passing-the-dream-act-for-our-economy/.  I also discovered that this argument can be countered by the fact that allowing alien students accessed to Federal Financial Aid does cost the American taxpayer money, which is a core reason why many oppose this law. This biggest controversy over this bill is that it is morally unsound, which I did not quite understand. After further searching I found four main arguments against the DREAM Act, here: http://www.utsa.edu/twp/spring12/0103spring2012.pdf, and understood why certain Americans oppose the legislation. All and all, while researching for the DREAM Act I have found a plethora of information, both scholarly articles and news articles that give a lot of factual and statistical information about alien minors and the economic impact of the law. I found it most interesting that I can easily demonstrate two completely different opinions on one topic and I would be interested to find out how other college students feel about this piece of legislation.