Local impacts

How will the DREAM Act benefit young people and businesses?

• The DREAM Act would help thousands of young people to be eligible to work, obtain social security numbers, and allow them to participate in the regular workforce.
• DREAM Act beneficiaries will help fill chronic long-term labor needs that economists predict will threaten our economy today and in the future, including those for teachers, nurses, and service employees.
• The DREAM Act would reduce the need to recruit foreign professionals from abroad.
• Immigrant students have multilingual and bicultural skills which are important than ever to the success and global competitiveness of the United States.
• Because they would be getting better jobs, they'd be paying more taxes, starting businesses and creating jobs.
• There are 3 million unfilled jobs in America in the professional fields of science, technology, education and mathematics that these students could help fill.
• Tax burdens will be shared with the people affected by the DREAM Act, and revenues would increase the tax base for state, federal, and local governments.