Gov Beebe: Hispanics have ‘disconnect’ with non-Hispanics on illegal immigration – Arkansas
Tagged: Arkansas, children, citizenship, HIV, studentPosted on: October 25th, 2007“The Hispanic community has a “disconnect” with non-Hispanics on the issue of illegal immigration, Gov. Mike Beebe told a group of University of Central Arkansas students Wednesday.
Beebe was fielding students’ questions in a public forum on the UCA campus when a student mentioned legislation in Congress that would put children of illegal immigrants on a path toward citizenship, as long as they came to the U.S. with their families before turning 16 and they plan to attend college or join the military.
The measure failed a test vote in Wednesday in the U.S. Senate. “*
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