Emanuel backs scholarships for illegal immigrants


Associated Press - May 13, 2011 5:04 PM ET

CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel supports a bill that would let illegal immigrants obtain private scholarships to college.

Emanuel attended a rally Friday to support the Illinois Dream Act that would create a panel to raise private scholarship money.

The bill has bipartisan support, although some Republicans have been criticized for supporting it.

Emanuel said it would be fitting for Illinois to pass the legislation because Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has worked to pass federal legislation of the same name. The federal proposal is different because it would give some illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.

Emanuel says the state legislation would be consistent with Illinois values.


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