Tufts president asks aid for undocumented students
By Associated Press
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - Added 6h ago

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MEDFORD - Tufts University President Lawrence Bacow has sent a letter to Massachusetts Sens. John Kerry and Scott Brown asking them to support a proposal that would allow undocumented college students a pathway to permanent residency and U.S. citizenship.

Bacow gave his endorsement Wednesday to the Dream Act, a bill being considered in Congress. It would open an avenue to conditional permanent residency for students illegally in the country who want to go to college.

Non-citizens still would not be eligible for federal financial aid but would be able to get student loans.

Last year, Harvard President Drew Faust wrote a similar letter to Kerry and the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Kerry has said he supports the Dream Act.

Brown has said he was against some proposals such as in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants at state institutions.

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