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Rally for the Dream Act

March 31st, 2009 by flanews

Students who have been denied admissions and scholarships to Florida colleges because of their legal status are trying to change state law.

Students for Equal Rights placed a hundred opened books on the back steps of the state capitol. The students are asking lawmakers to support the Dream Act. The act would allow undocumented students to qualify for admissions, scholarships and loans.

“They don’t get instate tuition, they don’t get access to Bright Futures, they don’t have access to federal loans, they have access to anything. They’re parents brought them here when they were children, so it’s not their fault they’re undocumented,” said Jose Godinez-Samerio, a member of the Students for Equal Rights.

The Dream Act legislation has also been filed in Washington. If passed, undocumented students could become legal residents, so could illegal immigrants who served in the US military.

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