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2003-08-03 20:00 | User Profile
"Hatch pushes tuition help for illegals"
**Hatch pushes tuition help for kids of illegal immigrants
By Christopher Smith The Salt Lake Tribune
WASHINGTON -- Children of illegal immigrants could pay in-state tuition at public colleges under a bill Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch has reintroduced after it died in the House last year. Hatch's "Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors," or DREAM Act, is similar to legislation introduced this spring by Utah 3rd District Republican Rep. Chris Cannon. Cannon's measure, the "Student Adjustment Act," has picked up 66 co-sponsors from both parties. Hatch's bill also has bipartisan support, with Illinois Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin the primary co-sponsor. "By introducing this bill, I know I am subjecting myself to criticism from both sides of the aisle," Hatch said Thursday on the Senate floor. "Some proponents of strict immigration enforcement argue that the DREAM Act will encourage illegal entry into the United States. However, the DREAM Act was carefully crafted to avoid this precise problem." The bill would repeal a provision of federal law barring states from granting in-state tuition to undocumented aliens, allowing states to determine whether such tuition breaks should be permitted. The legislation also would grant conditional residency status to young immigrants who came to the United States before age 16, lived in this country at least five years, were accepted to a college or graduated from high school and "who are of good moral character." The Utah Legislature in 2002 granted in-state tuition to children of undocumented immigrants who spent at least three years in the state's high school system, but the law was contingent upon repeal of the federal prohibition. However, on the advice of the Utah attorney general, Utah higher education institutions began offering the in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants despite the current statute's threat of a loss of federal aid. Advertisement
Hatch pointed to the case of University of Utah student Daniel King Cairo, who came to the United States at age 6 with his mother, who abandoned him at age 14. He was adopted by a Utah family, but because of the date of his adoption, he cannot derive his immigration status from his adoptive parent. "He, therefore, lives in legal limbo and faces the threat of deportation daily," said Hatch, who took the unusual step of introducing "private" legislation last October to adjust Cairo's immigration status to permanent U.S. resident. The bill died in committee last year. csmith@sltrib.com
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2003-08-04 02:33 | User Profile
The old KKK used to know how to take care of Black Republicanism. :D