Quick one, a bit off topic.

Okay, I'm still working on that language post, but I just wanted to throw this story out there. It concerns the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM), a proposed legislation that would allow undocumented immigrant children to apply for citizenship. Essentially, it would allow for good, law-abiding students that wish to enter college or the the military after high school to do so by becoming legal temporary residents, and later, possibly citizens.

I didn't really have a strong opinion on the initiative when I read the story for the first time. Though I do appreciate the fact that it's very ambitious, and I'm really, really impressed that a youth group is spearheading and organizing support for the act. But the more I thought about it, the more I believe that bright students should definitely be allowed the opportunity to attend institutions of higher learning if they are truly talented and able. And can we really afford to allow educated and talented immigrants to just return to their home country? Or force a smart high school graduate to be stuck in a menial job for which they are totally overqualified?

So, basically, good luck KRCC of Chicago! I'm rootin' for ya.