Land of Opportunity -- or Deadend for Illegal Immigrant Students?

Submitted by Jan on Wed, 02/22/2006 - 12:39pm.

Is our land of opportunity turning into a dead end for Hispanic students who graduate high school college-ready but lack a pathway to legalize their citizenship status?

On March 22 Connect for Kids hosted a Talktime Live! online chat on the Dream Act, with experts on education issues faced by immigrants and a student who will speak from experience.

The Wall Street Journal reports today that "in-state tuition laws have become a flashpoint among some voters who feel they haven't any other way to protest illegal immigration."

The emotional storm over illegal immigration is threatening passage of the Dream Act, a federal proposal that would provide a mechanism allowing illegal-immigrant graduates to become citizens and allow states to offer them in-state tuition.

Meanwhile, the Hispanic College Fund has announced that scholarship applications are due April 15, 2006.


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Call-In Day March 9
Submitted by Jan on Wed, 03/08/2006 - 4:11pm.

The Coalition on Human Needs reports advocates who want a comprehensive approach to immigration reform must reach out now as Senate Judiciary Committee members debate their bill.

March 9 is the call-in day to urge the Committee to pass a realistic, comprehensive bill that DOES contain a path to permanent legal status for the current undocumented population and DOES NOT limit judicial review and due process.

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Call-In Day March 9
Submitted by Jan on Wed, 03/08/2006 - 1:15pm.

Advocates who want a comprehensive approach to immigration reform must reach out now, as Senate Judiciary Committee members debate their bill.

The National Council of La Raza has announced March 9 as a call-in day to urge the Committee to pass a realistic, comprehensive bill that DOES contain a path to permanent legal status for the current undocumented population and DOES NOT limit judicial review and due process.

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Western Governors Support Bush Guest Worker Plan
Submitted by Jan on Thu, 03/02/2006 - 4:17pm.

Stateline reports fourteen western governors have endorsed President Bush's plan for guest-worker visas to give illegal immigrants a legal avenue for working in the United States, an approach that is at odds with a bill passed by the U.S. House in December that advocates stricter controls and greater penalties for illegal immigrants, including a worker database designed to weed out undocumented workers.

The governors’ agreement also calls for better technology to patrol the border and for the federal government to build prisons to house illegal immigrants incarcerated for state crimes. They opposed blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants.

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