By Jonathan Tilove – American-Statesman Staff Nearly 60 percent of Texans want to extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects from deportation some 124,000 Texans who arrived as children and remained in the country illegally, according to results of the University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll released Monday. […]
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DREAM Act of 2017 Would Offer a Pathway to Permanent Residency for DACA Recipients
21 Aug
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
United States Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) recently reintroduced the DREAM Act as Senate Bill 1615, “Dream Act of 2017.” This bill would authorize permanent residency for millions of children and young adults who were brought to the United States unlawfully before the age of 18. The […]
EL PASO, Texas –Texas lawmakers voted to move a bill forward that would end in-state tuition for undocumented students attending public colleges and universities. “It would double the tuition. It would be impossible for me to pay it,” said Christian Juarez, a student at the University of Texas El Paso. […]