Immigration proposals go to Cabinet

The Boston Globe
November 18, 2009

BOSTON - A governor’s advisory council outlined a number of measures yesterday to improve the lives of immigrants in Massachusetts.

As a result, Governor Deval Patrick gave his Cabinet 90 days to craft a plan for better integrating all foreign-born residents into life in the Bay State.

The report included 131 recommendations on ways to assist immigrants, who make up 14 percent of the state’s population.

Those recommendations include expanded English classes and job training.

The council also urged Patrick to push for extending in-state tuition at public colleges and driver’s licenses for immigrants here illegally.

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