A revised Dream Act, 2025 – a bipartisan bill that has been introduced in the Senate by Senators Dick Durbin and Lisa Murkowski, seeks to allow individuals who were brought to the US as children and meet certain education, military service, or work requirements to obtain lawful permanent residence. This year’s version of the proposed legislation extends relief to ‘Documented Dreamers’ – children of non-immigrant visa holders (such as H-1B or L-1) who on turning 21 ‘age out’ and lose their dependent (H-4) visa status. Currently, on aging out these children have to transit to an international student visa or self deport to their home country (say India) or immigrate elsewhere. Earlier versions of the bill provided protection to ‘Dreamers’ – who were brought into the US ‘illegally’ (without

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