The United States routinely denies equal economic or social opportunity to people in the country without documented legal status or citizenship, including the children of undocumented immigrants. First introduced in the Senate in 2001 by Senator Dick Durban (D-Ill.) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) as S. 1291 and reintroduced in Congress several times since then, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was related to earlier immigration reform measures designed to protect undocumented youth from deportation or denial of access to U.S. resources. The DREAM Act proposes a conditional pathway to citizenship for undocumented youth who have completed high school in the United States and wish to attend a U.S. postsecondary institution or serve in the military. After a six-year conditional period that would require higher education or military service along with other requirements, eligible residents would qualify for permanent resident status and then be able to apply for citizenship.