Thread: Vigil tonight for failed illegal immigrant student act

Published: Sept. 27, 2010
Updated: 1:40 p.m.

Vigil tonight for failed illegal immigrant student act

BY CINDY CARCAMO
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERMore immigration-related news

About 100 people are expected at the vigil at a Santa Ana park.

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SANTA ANA – Supporters of a bill that would have granted U.S. residency to students and military hopefuls in the country illegally expect about 100 people to attend a vigil scheduled for Monday night in Santa Ana.

The 6:30 p.m. event at Sasscer Park comes on the heels of last week's failed attempt to pass The DREAM Act—for Development, Relief and Education for Minor Aliens. The act would give those who qualify a pathway to U.S. citizenship.

Senators voted 56 to 43 for the bill, which fell short of the 60 votes needed to bring it to the floor. Click here to read the story.
Anti-illegal immigration activists have fervently denounced the bill, saying it would reward illegal behavior and would take already-scarce higher educational resources away from American students and give it to those who are in the country illegally.

Supporters of the act contend that most who stand to benefit from the bill were brought by their parents at a very young age and shouldn't be punished for something they had virtually no control of. In addition, supporters say, the measure would give students a chance to give back to America by allowing them to use their ability and education to become productive members of society.

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Monday's vigil is an attempt by the Orange County Dream Team to keep the issue in the forefront.

"On Tuesday, the DREAM Act was voted on, as an attachment to the Defense Bill and did not pass. This does not mean the DREAM Act is dead. It only means we will fight harder," said Adrian in a statement to the press. Adrian, who didn't give his last name because he is in the country illegally, said he's a college graduate who aspires to become an interpreter for the deaf.

"Many students like Adrian will be attending the DREAM Act is Alive Vigil with a simple ask, 'Let me contribute to the only country I know as home,'' the statement said.

The proposed federal legislation -- introduced by Senators Richard Durbin of Illinois and Richard Lugar of Indiana and Reps. Howard Berman of California and Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida -- has been around since 2000 but has faced opposition and defeat in the past.

The bill would allow students who are in the country illegally and who have finished at least two years of college to apply for legal status. If the bill were to become law, those who are in the country illegally and serve at least two years of military service could also be eligible for legal residency.

The bill would also allow those students to apply for legal permanent resident status, protect them from deportation and make them eligible for student loans and federal work study programs.

Students would need to have lived here at least five years and have arrived before they were 16.

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Its not our responsibility

They need to question the parents for their problems

Has anybody else called ICE about this gathering of illegals?
LW

These children have only their ILLEGAL parents to blame; they became ILLEGALS when their parents entered the U.S. as ILLEGALS and setup their own Children as ILLEGALS. They most likely continued the invasion with the Abuse of the 14th Amendment to create an Anchor for U.S. Citizens to furnish benefits! The Elitist Politicians and Elitist Contributors are socializing benefits to the ILLEGALS for the ILLEGAL EMPLOYERS, veiled as social programs for U. S. Citizens, on the backs of U.S. Citizens through our assets such as the Education System, Social Security, and Health Care not to mention our National Security while privatizing the profits for themselves! The reason the ILLEGALS have the Anchors, furnishing a opportune SOB story, is to stay in the U.S. to receive the benefits, their Anchors are nothing more than throwaways for their agenda; if they were important to the parents they would take their children with them when they returned to their HOME countries . They do not want to be Citizens of the U.S. only to the extent that it would allow the ILLEGALS to remain in the U.S. for our tax money and they will return south of the border as soon as they have drained the U.S. Dry.