Sign the Dream Act Diploma

On June 23, 2009, over 500 immigrant high school graduates and college students will attend a graduation ceremony outside of the US Capitol in support of the Dream Act .

This DREAM - passage of the Dream Act-  is the first step towards Comprehensive Immigration Reform and would allow outstanding immigrant students hope for a better future and a chance at higher education.

You can support these "Dreamers" by adding your name to a diploma that will be presented to the graduates at their ceremony.

These talented young men and women represent some of the best that America has to offer.

Every year, tens of thousands of America's brightest high-school graduates are prevented from pursuing dreams of a college education and a better future.

The DREAM Act would enact two major changes in current law:

■ Permit certain immigrant students who have grown up in the U.S. to apply for temporary legal status and to eventually obtain permanent status and become eligible for U.S. citizenship if they go to college or serve in the U.S. military; and

■ Eliminate a federal provision that penalizes states that provide in-state tuition without regard to immigration status.