28th Amendment

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The 28th Amendment

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By: Isabel Mendez Ramirez

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Meet my brother, my cousins Lucy, Memo, and Isis and just like many others in the United States they are dreamers

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Dreamers receive education and are able to graduate 12th grade

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A dreamer is a child brought under the age 16 illegally to the United States.

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Their parents set people out to bring them

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My Mother arrived in 2003 and my aunts in 1996

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The story

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My cousins arrived in 2000 and my brother in 2005

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My brother was 10 when he got here while two of my cousins were 6 and one being 8

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They were only children like many other dreamers in the United States

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 Meaning they have no choice since they are children and of course don't wanna be separated from their parent(s)

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Many dreamers can become successful they are no different to any American

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For example my brother owns his own business of Property and earns 10,000 per month and my cousin Isis earns 66k+ per year as a staffing specialist (supplies companies with workers) and my cousin memo served the marine for four years

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This goes to show that a dreamer can be just as much as a American citizen

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That means they deserve the right to

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and that is what

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The 28th Amendment

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Is about 

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Dreamers having the right to vote

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Grant Dreamers the ability to vote

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The 28th Amendment