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DREAM Act History
DREAM stands for "Development, Relief, and Education for A***n Minors," the terminology used in a bill first introduced in 2001. Various versions of the bill proposed to provide in-state college tuition rates for undocumented young people who had been brought to the U.S. as children, protect them from deportation, and provide them a route to legal residency.
While several versions of this act (or similar acts) have been introduced in Congress, none have passed.
Selected DREAM-related bills are listed below; this is not a comprehensive list.
- H.R. 1582 - Immigrant Children's Educational Advancement and Dropout Prevention Act of 2001
107th Congress (2001-2002) - Introduced 04/25/2001
- H.R. 1918 - Student Adjustment Act of 2001
107th Congress (2001-2002) - Introduced 05/21/2001
- S.1291 - DREAM Act
107th Congress (2001-2002) - Introduced 08/01/2001
- S.1545 - DREAM Act
108th Congress (2003-2004) - Introduced 07/31/2003
- H.R.1684 - Student Adjustment Act of 2003
108th Congress (2003-2004) - Introduced 04/09/2003
- S.2075 - DREAM Act of 2005
109th Congress (2005-2006) - Introduced 11/18/2005
- H.R.5131 - American Dream Act
109th Congress (2005-2006) - Introduced 04/06/2006
- S.2611 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006
109th Congress (2005-2006) - Introduced 04/07/2006 - DREAM Act language is included in this larger bill.
- H.R.1275 - American Dream Act
110th Congress (2007-2008) - Introduced 03/01/2007
- S.774 - Development, Relief, and Education for A***n Minors Act of 2007
110th Congress (2007-2008) - Introduced 03/06/2007
- S.1348 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007
110th Congress (2007-2008) - Introduced 05/09/2007 - DREAM Act language is included in this larger bill.
- S.2205 - DREAM Act of 2007
110th Congress (2007-2008) - Introduced 10/18/2007
- S.729 - DREAM Act of 2009
111th Congress (2009-2010) - Introduced 03/26/2009
- S.3827 - DREAM Act of 2010
111th Congress (2009-2010) - Introduced 09/22/2010
- S.952 - DREAM Act of 2011
112th Congress (2011-2012) - Introduced 05/11/2011
- H.R.1842 - Development, Relief, and Education for A***n Minors Act of 2011
112th Congress (2011-2012) - Introduced 05/11/2011
- S.744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
113th Congress (2013-2014) - Introduced 04/16/2013 - DREAM Act language is included in this larger bill.
- H.R.3440 - Dream Act of 2017
115th Congress (2017-2018) - Introduced 07/26/2017
- H.R.2820 - Dream Act of 2019
116th Congress (2019-2020) - Introduced 05/17/2019
- S.264 - Dream Act of 2021
117th Congress (2021-2022) - Introduced 02/04/2021