Maryland Passes State-Level DREAM Act
Maryland has passed a state-level DREAM Act!
The Old Line State’s legislative session ended at midnight last night, and passage of the measure to help undocumented young people that want to attend college was a nail-biter. The University of MD Diamondback reports the measure “passed in a last-minute vote yesterday, after students and other activists prayed, cried and lobbied their legislators well into the night.”
Under the new law, students will pay in-state tuition if they graduated from a state high school, complete 60+ credits from a community college and can provide income tax returns for themselves and their parents for the last three years.
Standing on the Side of Love provided some clergy support for the legislation. In addition, we made this video last February of a Casa De Maryland press conference for the legislation:
In the absence of federal movement, Maryland’s new DREAM Act is a very positive development.
Ten states — including Texas, California, Kansas, New York, Wisconsin and Illinois — currently offer in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students.
