Thread: Historic Step: NEW YORK DREAM ACT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED!

"The benefits include access to financial aid for higher education, access to driver’s licenses, work authorization and access to health care. In order to qualify for these benefits, the young person must have arrived to the United States before the age of 16, be under the age of 35, have resided in New York State for at least two years, have obtained a high school diploma or GED equivalent from an American institution and have good moral character."

Here we go again!!


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Here's the article for those who don't use links:

Press Release
Historic Step: NEW YORK DREAM ACT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Contact: Daniela Alulema 646-472-9565

New York, N.Y. The New York State Youth Leadership Council is proud and pleased to announce that today undocumented youth have prevailed. After the defeat of the federal version of the DREAM Act, which would have provided a path for citizenship to undocumented youth, the NYSYLC started an aggressive campaign to introduce and gather support for the first ever state version of the bill. Yesterday, State Senator Bill Perkins (D-Manhattan) introduced the New York DREAM Act (S. 4179), co-sponsored by State Senator Dan Squadron (D-Brooklyn). This bill would provide benefits to New York undocumented youth who meet certain criteria. The benefits include access to financial aid for higher education, access to driver’s licenses, work authorization and access to health care. In order to qualify for these benefits, the young person must have arrived to the United States before the age of 16, be under the age of 35, have resided in New York State for at least two years, have obtained a high school diploma or GED equivalent from an American institution and have good moral character.
NYSYLC members welcomed the news with open arms and renewed their commitment to fight for their dreams. The New York DREAM Act will help undocumented youth achieve their educational and professional goals, and allow them to contribute to their communities. This is the first pro-immigrant bill that has been introduced in the state this year, and would provide much needed relief to immigrant communities.
What: Press conference on the New York DREAM Act

Where: NYSYLC office – 220 Fifth Ave, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10001

When: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 2.00pm

Why: The New York DREAM Act will provide access to undocumented youth to accomplish their dreams and contribute back to their communities
For media inquiries, please contact Daniela at 646-472-9565

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The NYSYLC is a youth led organization that seeks to improve access to higher education and creating equal opportunity for immigrant youth and children of immigrants, regardless of immigration status through leadership development, organizing and advocacy.

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I just did a google search and no MSM has reported this as of yet.

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

The NYSYLC is a youth led organization that seeks to improve access to higher education and creating equal opportunity for illegal immigrant youth and children of illegal immigrants, regardless of illegal immigration status through leadership development, organizing and advocacy.

It's always all about the benny's!

RELATED

Bill Seeks to Expand Rights for New York’s Immigrants

New York Dream Act Introduced by State Senator Bill Perkins

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-232246.html

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

RELATED

Bill Seeks to Expand Rights for New York’s Immigrants

New York Dream Act Introduced by State Senator Bill Perkins

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-232246.html

Must have worded my google search wrong.

Now....how can a state go against federal immigration policy? The Obama administration cracked down on Arizona when they were only trying to reinforce the federal mandate. Here we have a state essentially determining its own immigration policies!

WTHIGO?

Furthermore the NYSYLC is acting in a lobbying role on behalf of foreign principals (i.e the students, who have no legal admittance here, no matter whose fault it is, and thus are still legally residents of other countries); which if in the federal sphere would clearly be against the law. Not sure at the state level, but the state policy should follow the federal one.

i'm sure the people of new york won't mind paying higher taxes to take care of these people ...

New York DREAM ACT

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1201907.html#1201907

and here is a smaller version for SUNY and CUNY

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1201890.html#1201890