E1 Sharing the American Dream

Sharing the American Dream | Feature Film

The American Dream, the belief that through hard work and determination anyone can achieve a better life, has attracted immigrants to the United States from the beginning. For many people, today as in the past, America is the land of opportunity, of freedom, and of dreams waiting to be realized. As of the 2010 Census, approximately 40 million immigrants live in America. That’s nearly one in eight people and not all of them are authorized to be here. In fact, an estimated 11.2 million, or 28 percent of all immigrants, are undocumented, living here without legal status. Michael Jimenez is one of them. He, and up to 1.7 million other young undocumented immigrants received, if not a permanent fix, at least a reprieve when President Obama announced his Deferred Action Immigration Plan on June 15, 2012.