Council weighs in on illegal immigrant student tuition

Oliver and Quirk decline to join ‘Dream Act’ opposition

Posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:55 pm | Updated: 6:12 pm, Tue Jun 21, 2011.

By Kandice C. Wilson


County Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver (D-4th) is one of only two County Council members not joining the organized opposition to a state measure that would allow some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at Maryland public colleges and institutions.

Senate Bill 167, also known as the “Maryland Dream Act,â€