Current Event- January 1

         The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) act was first introduced to the Senate on August 1, 2001 and most recently reintroduced on May 11, 2001 to help minors who were brought to America at a young age. If these minors graduate from an American High-School, they would be offered residency until they graduate college or serve in the military, and then would be eligible to obtain permanent residency. For illegal aliens, the prospect of gaining citizenship was lifesaving to them, and since adequate numbers of people in American communities are illegal immigrants, the DREAM act would help thousands create futures.

Protesters hold signs as presidential candidate Mitt Romney
leaves campaign stop in New Hampshire.
(source: Yahoo News.)

         Just this Saturday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stated that he would veto the dream act, the pledge that claimed the hearts of Americans that he is trying to win over. As he told a young woman who asked him if he would deny the proposal whom he met at a restaurant: "For those that come here illegally, the idea of giving them in-state tuition credits or other special benefits, I find to be contrary to the idea of a nation of laws." He also states that he wants to crack down on illegal immigration to protect legal immigration. 
          As a country that says it supports peoples ambitions, and that is made from people from all walks of life, how would we respond as a whole to Romney securing the border with a fence and placing enough border patrol around it to form an army? As Romney tries to win the hearts and minds of the American people, how will this major detail affect his ability to run for president?