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Hudson County elected officials urge passage of 'Dream Act' The Star-Ledger - NJ.com The legislation, officially named the Tuition Equality Act and unofficially known as the New Jersey Dream Act, is pending in both the state Senate and the Assembly. Prieto is a sponsor of the bill and has been advocating for its passage for several months. View the full article

NJ DREAM Act advances on party lines, Democrats say bill will hit Christie's desk PolitickerNJ The proposal, which is known nationally as the DREAM Act, is currently making its way through both chambers in different forms. However, the bill's Assembly sponsor told PolitickerNJ Thursday he will amend his proposal to “concur with what comes out ... View the full article

PolitickerNJ Senate poised to move on DREAM Act PolitickerNJ ... financial aid at state schools. Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-29), the bill's sponsor, which is known nationally as the DREAM Act, said Wednesday the Senate's top lawmaker plans to throw his support behind the proposal when it appears before committee Thursday. View the full article

Prieto in favor of Assembly DREAM Act proposal mirroring Senate version PolitickerNJ TRENTON – The Assembly's speaker-elect says he believes the lower chamber's sponsor of its version of the DREAM Act is “open” to the possibility of the bill mirroring the Senate proposal. Speaker-elect Vincent Prieto (D-32) suggested an Assembly ... View the full article

N.J. Senate leader says Dream Act vote set for Monday Newsworks.org (blog) The Tuition Equality Act (A4225), known as the New Jersey DREAM Act, will go before the Senate Budget Committee Thursday as part of a renewed push for the legislation that foundered in June. Undocumented immigrants now can enroll in New Jersey's ... City mayors sign on in support of DREAM ActThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com Fulop, other mayors endorse passage of New Jersey DREAM Act billThe Jersey Journal - NJ.com Congress still stagnating on immigration reformDiamondback Online Burlington County Times all 9 news articles » View the full article

Poll: Should NJ allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition? The Star-Ledger - NJ.com That's a question facing lawmakers in the state Legislature as they prepare to vote on a bill called the DREAM Act. Currently, undocumented students must pay out-of-state tuition in New Jersey, even if they grew up here. This measure would end that ... and more » View the full article

City mayors sign on in support of DREAM Act The Star-Ledger - NJ.com The mayors of 10 New Jersey cities today released a letter in support of the Dream Act, which would allow students who entered the country illegally to receive in-state tuition and scholarships at state schools. The letter specifically backs the Senate ... Mayors Call On Legislature To Pass Tuition Equity Bill For Undocumented ...NJ TODAY all 2 news articles » View the full article

DREAM Act Could Be Passed by 'Lame Duck' Legislature – Are You in Favor or ... New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio Now that election season is past and the Democrats have maintained control of both houses of the Legislature, one of their signature pieces of legislation is the so called DREAM Act, which would allow the children of illegal immigrants brought here at ... Poll: Should NJ allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition?The Star-Ledger - NJ.com all 2 news articles » View the full article

Dozens support NJ Dream Act at Journal Square rally The Jersey Journal - NJ.com Chris Christie, who aggressively courted the Latino vote in his recent re-election bid, came out in October in support of the Dream Act. Friday's event, organized by members of the Hudson County Community College, Phi Theta Kappa:Beta Alpha Phi ... and more » View the full article

Nicholls community not in favor of The DREAM Act Nicholls Worth The Fall 2013 Speech Forum's topic “Resolved, that Congress should pass the DREAM Act” ended in a victory for the con side in a vote of 41 pro, 50 con and 11 undecided. This vote changed from the initial vote of 29 pro, 30 con and 43 undecided. View the full article

Election Results Could Boost Prospects for Virginia DREAM Act Sun Gazette Alfonso Lopez plans to make enactment of the Virginia DREAM Act his No. 1 priority of the 2014 General Assembly session. And his quest for success may actually benefit from the exceptionally narrow victory of a Republican legislator in western Fairfax ... View the full article

Congressman Castro Asks Abbott To Explain His Position On Texas DREAM Act Texas Public Radio Joaquín Castro, here supporting his brother Julián at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, is putting pressure on Greg Abbott to explain his stance on the state's DREAM Act, a hot topic among conservatives in Texas. Congressman Joaquín Castro ... View the full article

With regards to deferred action, Napolitano said that applications will be available on August 15 and added in her testimony that: Individuals must also complete a biographic and biometric background check and not currently in removal proceedings or subject to a final order, must be 15 years or older to be considered for deferred action. Only those individuals who can prove through verifiable documentation that they meet these criteria will be considered for deferred action under this initiative. Individuals will not be eligible if they are not currently in the United States or cannot prove that they have continuously resided within the United States for at least five years. Napolitano reiterated that the program will not cost American taxpayers because there will be a fee for the process (in addition to the $380 for work authorization and $80 for biometrics). It is important to note that DHS has not yet decided the cost of the application. Source: http://liftedlamp.wo...e-on-august-15/ The DHS will put out additional guidelines on August 1.

What Would the Pennsylvania Dream Act Mean for PA? 90.5 WESA The Pennsylvania Dream Act would give children of undocumented immigrants who have attended high school in the state, an opportunity to apply for admission to state owned colleges and universities, or related universities, at in-state rates. The Dream ... View the full article

Tuesday Rundown: A Dream Act for Pennsylvania and Gary Pomerantz on Their ... 90.5 WESA The Pennsylvania Dream Act is a bill that would give children of undocumented immigrants who have attended high school in Pennsylvania, the opportunity to apply for admission to state owned colleges and universities, or related universities at in-state ... View the full article

School Board Again to Press Legislature for Adoption of DREAM Act Sun Gazette The so-called Virginia DREAM Act has been making some degree of incremental progress in the legislature in recent years, but has failed to win passage. Under the measure, students would be eligible for in-state tuition if they meet a number of criteria ... View the full article

Forum: A case for Texas' DREAM Act Corpus Christi Caller Times One-hundred-sixty-five years later, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed the 2001 Texas DREAM Act, which authorizes in-state tuition for students who have lived in Texas for three years and either obtained a GED or were graduated from a Texas public school or ... Texas State Senators Call for Preservation of the DREAM ActBurnt Orange Report all 2 news articles » View the full article

Texas State Senators Call for Preservation of the DREAM Act Burnt Orange Report Eleven state senators - Rodney Ellis, Sylvia Garcia, Juan Hinojosa, Eddie Lucio, Jr., Jose Rodriguez, Carlos Uresti, Leticia Van de Putte, Kirk Watson, Royce West, John Whitmire, and Judith Zaffirini - are calling for preservation of the DREAM Act amid ... View the full article

Arizona Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick a 'no show' for DREAM Act in 2010 ... Tucson Citizen We are targeting both the Democrats and Republicans who will not vote for legal immigration reform, and it will begin with Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick. Arizona Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick a 'no show' for DREAM Act in 2010 according to the New York Times ... View the full article

DREAM Act forum gets a turn out V Spectator On Wednesday at 7 p.m the College of Arts and Lecture Series hosted an open forum about the DREAM Act. With a crowd of roughly 100 people, the event was hosted by College of Arts and Sciences and The Department of Modern and Classical Language. View the full article

The Texas Dream Act makes economic sense Fort Worth Star Telegram Because the Texas Dream Act requires graduates to have at least three years of residency, that means our investment totals at least around $26,013 per “Dreamer” — more if they came as little children. According to the Texas Higher Education ... View the full article

Dream Act Benefits All Texans — On Military Vote for Proposition 1 and 4! Texas Insider Because the Texas Dream Act requires graduates to have at least three years of residency, that means our investment totals at least around $26,013 per “Dreamer” – more if they came as little children. According to the Texas Higher Education ... View the full article

Education for All: The Dream Act and Higher Education in Florida Santa Fe College Each year approximately 65,000 undocumented youth graduate from U.S. high schools and are unable to pursue a higher level education because they arrived in this country as the children of undocumented workers. Many of these young people have been ... View the full article

Protestors want detained Dream Act students to be released KGBT-TV A group of Rio Grande Valley residents want local leaders to help bring immigrants back into the United States under the Dream Act. Protestors rallied outside U.S. congressman Ruben Hinojosa's office in Edinburg today. They want him to sign a letter of ... View the full article

Capital New York Martin O'Malley on fear of a millionaires' tax and the DREAM Act Capital New York During his remarks, O'Malley also touted his state's DREAM Act, which allows for undocumented students to access in-state tuition and state financial aid. New York has allowed undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition since 2002, but a ... and more » View the full article