A Dream Deferred

Members of Congress have reintroduced the DREAM Act to provide permanent status to young immigrants known as “Dreamers.” This time it’s clouded by crackdowns & debates on who qualifies as American.

It’s estimated 3.6 million undocumented immigrants who came as children live in the U.S.

What Happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up

Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore —

And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over—

Like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

Like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes (Harlem: 1951)