By definition, a Dreamer is illegal, hence cannot possibly be deserving of anything other than the punishment for the offence, i.e. - deportation.
To do otherwise is to shred our laws.
Agreed, they are here illegally. But my position is subjunctive, about what the law *should* say, not indicative, about what it *does* say.
In the case of a minor brought here, I would "start the clock" on their 18th birthday with a fixed time to become legal, and no option to sponsor their parents or others into the US once legal.
Some of the current "dreamers" are well up in their twenties. Absent documentation that he is actively pursuing legal citizenship I would offer such a person no leniency. In fairness perhaps current immigration law offers no effective option for this person to pursue citizenship without risking deportation. But I consider that a person brought here as a minor who has recently achieved majority is qualitatively different from a person who has knowingly lived here illegally as an adult for any significant period of time.