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  • Immigrants rally for tuition bill (DREAM Act)

    03/31/2006 9:49:44 PM PST · by Coleus · 19 replies · 771+ views
    NorthJersey.com ^ | 03.31.06 | ELIZABETH LLORENTE
    TRENTON – As the U.S. Senate continued debates on how to handle the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, more than 100 people rallied outside the State House on Thursday to demand that undocumented students be allowed to pay in-state college tuition rates. The protesters, mainly Latino college students and undocumented immigrants from around the state, expressed frustration over a bill in the Education Committee of the state Senate that has languished since 2003. The bill would allow illegal immigrant students to pay in-state tuition rates. A similar legislative proposal, known as the DREAM Act, is pending at the federal...