Children's Aid Society

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/opinion/lweb30dream.html



Opening a Door to Young Immigrants
June 29, 2009
To the Editor:

Your editorial about the Dream Act and the doors that are currently closed to undocumented young people (“Graduation Dreams,” June 24) provided more wrenching testimony about the waste of human potential fostered by our current immigration policies.

The youth you describe and thousands of others like them in the United States want to get on with their lives, finish their educations, get jobs and continue to contribute to their adopted country. This worthy legislation will allow law-abiding students to graduate, obtain meaningful employment and plan for the future. They want to contribute to the only home they have ever known. These children hold the keys to America’s future and should not be denied their dreams.

I trust that President Obama will put these deserving youth on the path to brighter, legitimate futures.

C. Warren Moses
Chief Executive
The Children’s Aid Society
New York, June 26, 2009