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JOANNE JACOBS: ?I think there?s a way to revive the Dream Act in 2011: Link citizenship only to m?

By Glenn Reynolds

JOANNE JACOBS: “I think there?s a way to revive the Dream Act in 2011: Link citizenship only to military service, which Americans see as a sacrifice, dropping the link to college attendance, which most see as a subsidized benefit to the individual. Two years of college enrollment, with no degree required, doesn?t guarantee a productive citizen. Anyone can enroll in community college, if only to take remedial classes. (Only 22 percent of full-time students earn a two-year degree in three years.) It?s much harder to qualify for the military.” Yeah, but this’ll probably create political pressure to lower the military’s standards. Or am I too cynical?

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).