merely allows qualifying individuals to stop looking over their shoulder and start looking toward their future until Congress can overcome its paralysis. 6. Do we still need Congress to pass the DREAM Act? Yes! The president's announcement gives only temporary legal status to DREAM Act-eligible youth, and it can be revoked with the stroke of a pen by the next president. Only Congress can pass a law -- the DREAM Act -- to protect these students permanently and give them a pathway to citizenship.