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Tucked away in the recesses of the current immigration bill is a provision to help boost military recruiting. It's known as the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors provision, or DREAM.
The measure was expected to help boost sagging recruitment numbers by allowing illegal aliens to enlist as a way to obtain citizenship. The Defense Department figures showed that the Army fell short in May by 399 recruits. The Army National Guard fell 12 percent short of their goal, while the Air National Guard was well below their target, by 23 percent.
Bill Carr, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy, explained that if one had come across the border as a minor child and had been in the U.S. school system ...