California Dream Act passes
On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 131, the second bill of the two-part California Dream Act, allowing undocumented immigrant students to apply for state-funded financial aid for…
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DREAM act students push for deferred deportation action
The Obama administration is quietly halting some deportations of undocumented young people, after a memo in June that directed immigration officials to consider reprieve for students and would-be…
Rahm Emanuel, Arne Duncan trumpet DREAM Act despite political barriers
Despite the DREAM Act’s low likelihood for Senate passage, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called for a renewed awareness of the plight of undocumented students in advance…
After a false dawn, anxiety for illegal immigrant students
In December that bill, known as the Dream Act, passed the House, then failed in the Senate, reports the New York Times.
Immigration vote leaves Obama’s policy in disarray
The vote by the Senate on Saturday to block a bill to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant students was a painful setback to…