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Fate of dreamers discussed in the US Senate
The BRIDGE Act provides provisional protected presence and employment authorization for three years 

BY SOL DE MEDIANOCHE

On December 9 of last year, senators Richard Durbin (D-Illinois), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dianne Feinstein (D-California), Jeff Flake (R-Arizona), and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) presented the initiative known as BRIDGE (Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy) Act, which aims to protect dreamers, undocumented young people who arrived in the US as children. About one hundred live in Alaska. If approved, the BRIDGE Act would grant them temporary residence in the US and authorize employment for three years to those who apply and are accepted under this program. 

The BRIDGE Act would cover immigrants born after June 15, 1981, who arrived in the United States before their sixteenth birthday. To qualify for this program, dreamers must have resided in the United States from June 15, 2007 until the date of their application; and must have been physically present in the country on both June 15, 2012 and on the day of application. They must also be enrolled in an elementary or high school education program, or be veterans of the Coast Guard or the United States Armed Forces. Finally, the Act requires that applicants have no legal immigration status before June 15, 2012, and no criminal record. 

To become law, the BRIDGE Act must be approved by the US Senate and House of Representatives, and then be signed by the President. This process may take several months, and the Act may be amended before approval. 

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