Under the proposed DREAM Act, college students who are classified as illegal aliens could become eligible for U.S. citizenship.

Even though the Obama Administration is deporting a record-high number of immigrants who have been convicted of crimes, they recently leaked a “draft memo” which discussed different ways college students could avoid deportation.

“In a world of limited resources, our time is better spent on someone who is here unlawfully and is committing crimes in the neighborhood, as opposed to someone who came to this country as a juvenile and spent the vast majority of [their] life here.” explained John Morton, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The purpose of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act is designed to help illegal immigrants who are honor roll students, star athletes, talented artists, homecoming queens, future teachers and doctors, or U.S. soldiers apply for their U.S. citizenship. The Migration Policy Institute estimates that approximately 726,000 “young immigrants” could become “immediately eligible for legal status” under the DREAM Act. However, the bill has been stalled in Congress because not everyone is keen about undocumented college students qualifying for green cards.

According to a report published by Educators for Fair Consideration, titled “An Overview of College-Bound Undocumented Students,” most undocumented college-bound students entered the country illegally as children with their parents, lived in the U.S. for the majority of their lives, and can speak English fluently. Apparently many of these undocumented students fail to learn about their illegal status until they apply for a driver’s license or a scholarship, or enroll at a college or university.

It is estimated by the National Immigration Law Center that approximately 65,000 U.S.-raised students who qualify for the benefits of the DREAM Act graduate from high school every year. However, only 7,000 to 13,000 of these undocumented students pursue a college or university degree because of the cost of education and the fear of being deported.

Experts state that undocumented students who graduate from high school actually “consume more in services than they contribute in taxes.” But according to a 1997 report released by the National Research Council, undocumented students who have earned a college degree could actually save the government money if they find employment after graduation.

As Sen. Debbe Leftwich (D-Oklahoma City) boldly stated, “Why invest all that time and money if we can’t help them complete their education and get a job?”

In order to qualify under the DREAM act, illegal aliens must have:

• Entered the United States before the age of 16
• Been present in the United States for at least five consecutive years “prior to enactment of the bill”
• Graduated from an American high school, obtained a GED, or was accepted into an American college or university
• Been between the ages of 12 and 35 during the time of the application
• A “good moral character”

Once the applicant has been approved and granted a Conditional Permanent Residency, they must either enroll at a college or university to pursue a bachelor’s degree or higher, or enlist in the United States Military.

However, the DREAM Act’s website clearly states that it “DOES NOT include any language about in-state tuition.”

States that currently offer in-state tuition to undocumented students are California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Undocumented students from these states can qualify for in-state tuition if they attended a high school in the state for at least three years prior to graduation and obtained a GED, however, this varies depending on the state.

To read up on the various state laws which specify how undocumented students can qualify for in-state tuition click on the following links:

• California
• Illinois
• Kansas
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• New York
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington

To read up on other state laws which prohibit undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition click here:

• “Financial Aid and Scholarships for Undocumented Students“

It appears that those auto dealers have been right all along.

A new study reveals the car a man drives is critical to getting a second look from a member of the opposite sex. It must be noted that this is a UK study and well, we all know that those European’s are just a wee bit different.

But the results are unequivocal. What a fella’ drives really does matter.

Car Gets a Lady’s Motor Running

A team of university researchers showed a substantial number of women pictures of a male model. In one instance, the model was pictured in a silver Bentley Continental, a luxury car that would set a car buyer back more than a hundred grand.

In the second instance, he was pictured in a “battered Ford Fiesta.”

The 120 women, aged 21 to 40, were asked to rate the man’s attractiveness. In a sign that women rated the motor over the man, they selected the model when he was seated in the fancy Bentley.

One of the researchers, Dr. Michael Dunn of the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, put it this way: women will rate a man higher if he happens to be driving a “fancy motor rather than in an old banger”.

Lady Gets the Male Motor Running

Dunn went on to repeat the experiment in reverse, picturing a female model in the Bentley and the Fiesta. For the male assessors, they were not inclined to select the women in one setting over the other.

Instead, the men proved more interested in the woman, specifically her face and figure. Status had no bearing on the views of the men, a fact that could prove very interesting as women become more independent and wealthy.

Dunn noted this in both instances, this was an evolutionary and not a social trait. He stated:

“There’s a wide variety of evidence that does suggest that females are more influenced by wealth and status. It’s not a recent phenomenon. It is very ingrained and the evidence is not just anecdotal.

“Females focus on questions of wealth and status because if the male possesses those, that male would be in a better condition to rear healthy offspring.”

On the flip side, those same evolutionary trends caused men to view women in terms of reproductive attractiveness. Wealth or status simply does not enter into the equation.

Next Study

Sorry ladies, but not only does Dunn suggest these basic human traits will not change in the future, most will interpret these results as evidence that women are shallower than men.

In an effort to take the idea one step further, Dunn plans to follow up with another status-type study to determine what happens when a middle-aged man chooses to purchase one of the more expensive cars. Specifically, Dunn would like to determine if the high-status car can actually overcome the current negative impact of age on attractiveness.

The question: can the right car overcome a receding hairline and a corresponding growing waistline.