{"id":7831,"date":"2010-09-21T12:48:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T21:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7831"},"modified":"2010-09-21T12:48:49","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T21:18:49","slug":"is-dream-act-a-solution-for-millions-of-undocumented-youth-or-a-funnel-for-military-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7831","title":{"rendered":"Is DREAM Act a Solution for Millions of Undocumented Youth or a Funnel for Military Recruitment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Debate: Is DREAM Act a Solution for Millions of Undocumented Youth or a Funnel for Military Recruitment?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/images\/story\/76\/19076\/DreamAct2.jpg\" alt=\"Dreamact2\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Development, Relief and Education for  Alien Minors Act\u2014DREAM\u2014would allow undocumented young people a chance at  citizenship provided they attend college for at least two years or  enlist in the military. It\u2019s been described as a dream come true for  undocumented youth wanting a chance to stay in this country without the  fear of deportation. But many antiwar activists warn that the bill will  simply funnel more young people into the military. We host a debate  between Camilo Mej\u00eda of Iraq Veterans Against the War and pro-DREAM  activist Gaby Pacheco. [includes rush transcript]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the transcript on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2010\/8\/20\/debate_is_dream_act_a_solution\">Democracy Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/embed_show_v2\/300\/2010\/8\/20\/story\/debate_is_dream_act_a_solution\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debate: Is DREAM Act a Solution for Millions of Undocumented Youth or a Funnel for Military Recruitment? The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act\u2014DREAM\u2014would allow undocumented young people a chance at citizenship provided they attend college for at least two years or enlist in the military. It\u2019s been described as a dream come &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7831\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is DREAM Act a Solution for Millions of Undocumented Youth or a Funnel for Military Recruitment?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-7831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects-issues-and-campaigns","tag-youth-and-militarization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7833,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7831\/revisions\/7833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}