The first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACAIn 1982 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Plyler v. Doe that undocumented children had the right to attend public schools without charge or impediment regardless of their immigration status. The ruling raised a question what if undocumented students after graduating from the public school system wanted to attend college Perchance to DREAM is the first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act which made its initial congressional appearance in 2001 and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA the discretionary program established by President Obama in 2012 out of Congressional failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform.