Dreamers

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Dreamers are undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and are commonly associated with efforts to secure legal protections and a pathway to citizenship.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dreamers canonical 3
DREAMers 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of people ⓘ
advocacyMovement campaigns for permanent legal status ⓘ
youth-led immigrant rights movement ⓘ
affectedBy changes in U.S. presidential administrations ⓘ
federal court rulings on immigration programs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs DREAMers ⓘ
linked to: Dreamers
associatedWith DACA ⓘ
DREAM Act ⓘ
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act ⓘ
immigration reform in the United States ⓘ
legal protections from deportation ⓘ
pathway to citizenship proposals ⓘ
work authorization in the United States ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
definingCharacteristic brought to the United States as children ⓘ
lack lawful immigration status ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic also from Asia, Africa, and other regions ⓘ
often from Latin American countries ⓘ
primarily young adults ⓘ
educationPattern often educated in U.S. schools ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion arrival in the U.S. at a young age ⓘ
continuous residence in the United States ⓘ
educational or military service requirements in some proposals ⓘ
good moral character requirements in some proposals ⓘ
immigrationStatus undocumented immigrants ⓘ
languagePattern often primarily English-speaking ⓘ
legalChallenge risk of deportation without legal protections ⓘ
mediaCoverage frequently featured in U.S. news on immigration ⓘ
opposedBy some restrictionist immigration groups ⓘ
policyDebateTopic U.S. immigration policy ⓘ
border security and legalization trade-offs ⓘ
policyGoal access to higher education and financial aid ⓘ
eventual U.S. citizenship ⓘ
pathway to lawful permanent residence ⓘ
protection from deportation ⓘ
publicPerception central figures in debates over compassionate immigration policy ⓘ
often viewed as culturally American ⓘ
residencePattern long-term residents of the United States ⓘ
supportedBy immigrant rights organizations ⓘ
many U.S. educational institutions ⓘ
various civil rights groups ⓘ
symbolicRole symbol of immigrant integration debates in the U.S. ⓘ
typicalArrivalAge childhood ⓘ

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