Illegal immigrant minors can only obtain permanent residency status through their parents. Aside from special provisions for unaccompanied minors[6] there is no independent method for them to accomplish this. Normally, a child brought into the country without an immigration visa would have to first leave the U.S. to apply for a visa, although returning to his or her country of birth would not guarantee a path to a visa. Attempts to return legally are often difficult, with road-blocks such as three-year to ten-year bans on reentering the U.S.[7]
Members of Congress have introduced several forms of this bill in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Members in the House passed one such bill on December 8, 2010 by a vote of 216-198;[8] Senators debated a version of the DREAM Act on September 21, 2010. A previous version of the bill, S.2205, which required 60 votes to gain cloture, failed on a 52-44 vote in 2007, 8 votes short of overcoming a filibuster by senators opposed to the bill.[9]
The United States military faced challenges in enlistment, which in 2005 were described as a "crisis",[10] though the economic downturn of 2007-2010 did away with many of the enlistment challenges. Immigrants who do not have a "green card" are not allowed to enlist. In 2007, several senior officials at the Department of Defense have spoken in favor of promising legal status to members of the military as a means of boosting recruitment.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act
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