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AZ HCM2001

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Status

Introduced

1/19/2010

Primary Sponsor

Edward Ableser

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Origin

House of Representatives

Forty-ninth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2010)

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress to introduce and enact the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act into law.

  • Allows undocumented high school graduates brought to the United States as minors who have lived in the country for at least five years to apply for legal status.

  • Addresses the situation of approximately 65,000 undocumented students graduating annually from American high schools who face deportation under current immigration law.

  • References the "Wilson Four" case (Oscar Corona, Jaime Damian, Yuliana Huicochea, and Luis Nava) as motivation for the DREAM Act, highlighting children brought to the U.S. illegally by parents who have lived their entire lives in America.

  • Directs the Arizona Secretary of State to transmit copies of the memorial to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the House, and Arizona congressional representatives.

Legislative Description

Dream act; urging adoption

Last Action

Referred to House ED Committee

1/20/2010

Full Bill Text

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