PRLDEF is making a concerted effort to support the DREAM ACT:LatinoJustice PRLDEF believes that providing all students-- irrespective of their immigration status-- the opportunity to go to college is a positive step towards promoting education equality in the United States. This week, members of LatinoJustice PRLDEF’s Civic Engagement Network are participating in the National DREAM ACT action week. They are calling their representatives and urging them to support the bill, and educating their friends and colleagues about the benefits of the bill.
The DREAM Act would provide immigration relief to those who entered the U.S. more than five years ago if and when they graduate from high school, and allow them to become permanent residents and eventually citizens if they go to college or serve in the military.
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The California Supreme Court is expected to announce when it will hear arguments in Martinez v. Regents of the University of California, a case for which LatinoJustice PRLDEF has submitted an amicus brief with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. The brief urges the California Supreme Court to dismiss a legal challenge to California AB540, which allows qualified students, including undocumented students, to pay in-state tuition rates at California's public colleges and universities.
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