6.TX: Activists, Students Demand Passage of DREAM ActFOX 26 News,17 Jul 2007
Several activist groups and individuals are demanding the immediate passage of the so call D.R.E.A.M Act. The proposed legislation would give high school and college students a path to citizenship.
The bill is supposed to reach the floor for vote this week. As a result of the failure of the Immigration Reform bill students and activists for the immigration's rights were protesting in front of Senator John Cornyn's office in Houston.
If the D.R.E.A.M Act is approved undocumented students could apply for a permanent resident visa based on some requirements
FIEL, CRECEN, the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education, Young Immigrants of a Better Future, Maria Jimenez, and other activists are demanding the passage of the act. Currently undocumented students once they graduate can't find employment because their lack of legal documents to live and work in the U.S.
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