I realize just know how sickening I find this “dreamer” moniker, what slick consultant thought that one up?
It is quite a cynical way of describing these individuals, and it sounds like it's from George Orwell's "Newspeak."
They originally got this "DREAM Act" as an acronym for its full title, which escapes me right now. From what I understand, it was aimed at main-streaming and fast-tracking citizenship for illegal alien young people who went to college, served in the military, or met some other "requirement." I don't think it ever passed Congress. Of course, the goal was to produce a whole new cadre of 'Rat voters.
The "DREAM" thing sounded so good to the left that those who met the qualifications of the Act, even though the Act never passed, were referred to as "dreamers."