ct, it will become law come Sep. 3oth. I'm not sure what the latest update is but I hope is what DREAMers in Cali have been waiting for.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Students march for DREAM Act
By Kate Murti The Politico (Washington, DC),
September 29, 2008
Protesters from around California marched in Sacramento Friday to encourage Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign legislation that would allow undocumented immigrant college students to be eligible for financial aid.
Nearly 2,000 people gathered for the protest, including around 100 students from UC Berkeley and Berkeley High School, according to Ronald Cruz, a UC Berkeley law student and an organizer for By Any Means Necessary, a political organization that has taken special interest in the California Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act.
The organization funded two charter buses to help shuttle student protesters to Sacramento.
'What we showed is that the movement is very strong and nothing but full freedom and equal treatment will stop this movement,' Cruz said. 'What's clear is that there's a lot of optimism that we really felt at the rally, that our mission can turn the corner at any time and definitely that if we don't win the DREAM Act this year, we will very soon.'
Schwarzenegger's deadline to sign or veto the DREAM Act, is Sept. 30. The act would allow undocumented students to receive financial aid administered by California Community Colleges, California State Universities and the University of California.
While Schwarzenegger has not yet made a decision on the recent act, he vetoed an earlier version of the bill in 2006.
'He has over 700 bills to act on,' said Francisco Castillo, a spokesperson for the governor. 'Every other bill that has not been acted on by Sept. 30 will become law and he has not yet taken a position on this bill.'
The bill, authored by Sen. Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, was passed by the legislature in September 2007.
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