Ten Reasons to Pass the Dream Act

There are 20k DACAmented educators in our schools right now. If Congress does not pass the Dream Act, these teachers face deportation. The costs of replacing just one teacher is estimated to cost as much as $17,872, according to the National Commission on Teaching. And BTW there is a teacher shortage...

Dreamers were brought to the United States as minors. They grew up here. Deporting them is cruel and inhumane.

Ms. Nafees is "a Texan, an entrepreneur and I’m pursuing a PhD in mathematical biology, focusing on better understanding biological data and disease. I hope to someday use math to further develop research that will cure diseases, like cancer." There are hundreds of thousands of Dreamers like her who are making this world a better place.

DACA recipients have paid about $2 billion in state and local taxes, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates. Dreamers (and their parents) pay taxes -- a lot of them. The Center for American Progress (CAP) estimates that ending DACA would mean a loss of $460.3 billion from the national GDP over the next decade.

Eighty-six percent of Americans support a right to residency for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children, with support crossing the political spectrum, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll.

He worked six days straight after Hurricane Harvey, rescuing people from floodwaters and taking some of them to local hospitals. He is just one of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers making this a better country.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has been an unqualified success, providing new opportunities and futures for nearly 800,000 Dreamers who live, study and work in the United States. They pay taxes, own businesses, volunteer, and contribute to our society every day.

So more specifically, Chris Evans supports Dreamers, and so does Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Banks, Kesha and even author and former teacher Stephen King.

Breaking apart families and putting children and youth in danger is shameful -- and just WRONG! Embracing our Dreamers is the right thing to do.

Cher declared her support for Dreamers and shut down the Twitter trolls who challenged her!