In-State Tuition Laws and College Enrollment of Undocumented ...

A Complex Dream or a Simple Reality? The Relationship between In-State Tuition Laws and College Enrollment of Undocumented Hispanic StudentsIntroductionSince 2001, when Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) pioneered a bipartisan legislation of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, also known as the DREAM Act, Congress has continued to debate over the passage of this immigration bill. Under the Act policy, undocumented immigrant youth, brought to the United States as children, can be legalized and eventually become U.S. citizens. As considerate as the Act appears, it has not been passed into law yet. Several versions of the bill have been written and rewritten to satisfy both the Senate and the House. In 2010, the bill passed the House …


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