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New York State Dream Act to be discussed by Assembly Tuesday


In this April 5, 2011 file photo, a police officer instructs students, including Georgina Perez, to move or face arrest for blocking traffic with other demonstrators in Atlanta during a protest calling for higher education rights for students who are not citizens and are in the country illegally. Georgia bars undocumented students from attending the top five public universities in the state. (The Associated Press)

By Marnie Eisenstadt | meisenstadt@syracuse.com The Post-Standard
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on April 29, 2013 at 11:15 AM, updated April 29, 2013 at 11:16 AM

The New York State Dream Act pushed by undocumented Syracuse University student Georgina Perez on Syracuse.com this morning will be discussed by the Ways and Means Committee of the New York State Assembly Tuesday.
Perez, in her commentary published on Syracuse.com, asked state Sen. David Valesky to support and co-sponsor the Senate version of the legislation. Earlier this year, Valesky declined to support the legislation.
Similar legislation has passed the Assembly in the past, but it has always died in the Senate.
The Dream Act, as proposed, would do two things for undocumented immigrants who are college-bound. It would create a privately-funded scholarship fund and open up their access to state-funded financial aid. The estimated annual cost to expand financial aid to a potential 6,200 students is $19.5 million. The state spends $1 billion on financial aid annually.
Contact Marnie Eisenstadt at meisenstadt@syracuse.com or 315-470-2246.
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My hometown. While my nephew pays on a 120,000 student loan for a SU for his education, these people expect an education for free from a major league university. These people are unbelievable. They want to be citizens let them pay their own bills like the rest of American citizens. Instead of expecting to be treated special and looking for us to pay for them.