UH to take up quasi-DREAM Act policy

By Vicki Viotti
POSTED:01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 17, 2013

A proposal that failed to clear the 2012 Legislature will have another chance on Thursday, when the University of Hawaii Board of Regents takes up a scaled-down version of the federal DREAM Act, aimed at helping undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors.

If approved at the meeting — 9:15 a.m. at UH-Hilo's Ho‘olulu Terrace — the new policy would allow the immigrants to pay resident tuition and attend classes anywhere in the UH system. That policy would go into effect in fall 2013.

A proposal that failed to clear the 2012 Legislature will have another chance on Thursday, when the University of Hawaii Board of Regents takes up a scaled-down version of the federal DREAM Act, aimed at helping undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors.

If approved at the meeting — 9:15 a.m. at UH-Hilo's Ho‘olulu Terrace — the new policy would allow the immigrants to pay resident tuition and attend classes anywhere in the UH system. That policy would go into effect in fall 2013. Login for more...

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