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Tags: Barack Obama, Dream Act, Hillary Clinton, LULAC, student
Knowledge is Power!
“DREAM Act Amendment to H.R. 1585, the Department of Defense Authorization Bill is the Best Bipartisan Support Opportunity for DREAM Act’s Passage
As early as this Wednesday, September 19, 2007, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Richard Lugar (R-IN) will reintroduced the American DREAM Act, as an amendment to H.R. 1585, the department of defense authorization bill. Co-sponsors of the amendment include Leahy, Obama, Lieberman, Feinstein, Kerry, Feingold, Clinton, Bayh, Menendez, Murray, Boxer, and Cantwell.
LULAC strongly urges an immediate passage. Each year 65,000 promising high school students are denied access to higher education. Without legal status, their doors are immediately closed, despite having lived the majority of their life in the United States, learned English, volunteered in their communities, and successfully graduated from high school.
The DREAM Act can help these displaced students - who are without documentation - contribute to the national economy and continue their professional careers through higher education. “
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