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Every year, an estimated 65,000 students graduate from high school with little hopes of fufilling ther dreams because they are not able to attend college because of financial need that they can not recive based on their legal status. The Dream Act is a proposed bill, reintroduced to Congress in March, that, if passed, will grant students conditional permanent residency leading to citizenship under certain circumstances -The student must have come to the united states under the age of 16 -The student must have lived in the United States for five continuous years -The student must have either completed highschool or recieved a GED diploma -The student must have and maintain good moral character -The student must be between the ages of 12 and 35 when the bill is passed In order to recieve citizenship status, the student is given six years in which they must complete either two years of college or two years in military service, and maintain good moral character.