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October 17, 2007
Sueño vetado (dream vetoed)
Just a few links related to the issue of undocumented students in higher education:
- Univision news filmed a segment at UCLA featuring a friend (hi, Matías!) and the author of the bill, Senator Gil Cedillo. They discussed their reactions to the Governor’s veto of the California DREAM act which would make undocumented students eligible for some forms of financial aid. Check out Matías’ fake walk and mad look.
- Undocumented immigration isn’t just a Mexican or Central American issue. The OC Register reports on a UCLA grad’s family who were detained by ICE officials after she testified in Washington DC in favor of the federal DREAM Act. It’s not clear that Tam Tran’s advocacy and her family’s detention by ICE officials is connected. Tran, featured in The Invisibles a story on the subject of undocumented students in college, graduated from UCLA last year and has been a vocal advocate of the DREAM Act. Her family fled Vietnam to Germany where she was born. The OC Register and LA Times Magazine story demonstrate the complicated nature of this issue and that’s not just a Mexican or Central American issue.
- After much soul-searching Xicano Pwr has decided not to support the federal DREAM Act. As it stands right now, undocumented youth can get on that path to citizenship by either attending a postsecondary institution or going to the military. He, and many other anti-war pro-immigrant activists, believe that the only dream that will be accomplished with the federal DREAM Act will be the military’s dream.
There are two DREAM Acts I’ve referred o here. The California one is about financial aid and has no provisions to create a path to citizenship. The federal DREAM Act would create a path to citizenship for undocumented youth who meet certain requirements — such as no criminal record — and have completed two years of postsecondary education or military service.
Filed under: Política | POSTED BY cindylu AT 5:54 pm | 5 Comments
October 17th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Matías was my intern at the Weekly and a hell of a guy (and is an OC boy!). Gotta say, though, he looked better with the buzz than the emo haircut!
October 17th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
dreams get vetoed, but they don’t die. el gobierno no es tierra fertil para los sueños, los sueños florecen en el pueblo. hopefully there will come a time, when we do not need to ask the government for a good education, and we can provide it ourselves. thanks for keeping us inform about all this. peace.
October 17th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
arnold is a jack a$$
October 17th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
I like the second Dream Act better. Probably for the exact same reasons that XP dislikes it.
Btw, couldn’t Universities just pardon the tuition of undocumented students? Do they have that right?
October 19th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Gustavo,
I know, he told me! I can’t believe he’s as cool as he is, considering he’s from the OC.
Tin,
Exactly. There are a lot of organizations out there doing what they can to help these students get to college. It’s not the only way, of course.
Chispa,
Yup.
HP,
Of course you would. I’m not sure public universities could do that since I think the student would have to be eligible for financial aid and these kids are ineligible because of their immigration status. Also, we all know that tuition is less than half of the actual cost of going to a place like UCLA (well, if you want to live on or near the campus). Those students would still have to deal with paying for housing, books, transportation, food, etc.