Note: please note that this issue overview should (a) contain links to the issue briefs on this topic that are focused either the local, state, national, or global level, and (b) be neutrally presented, based on facts, and include footnotes for each of the items.  See the Research Guide and Information Sources to assist you. 

Goal Statement   one sentence that further defines the topic 

• To increase access to higher education for all Latinos through immigration reform. 

Policy Options / Program Models   specific policies or program models, grouped by type, that are profiled 

• The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors: DREAM Act 2009
  • DREAM Act is bipartisan legislation that addresses the situation faced by young people who were brought to the United States years ago as undocumented immigrant children and who have since grown up here, stayed in school, and kept out of trouble. Qualifications are:
    • (1) entered the United States at the age of 15 or younger and are under 30 on the date

      of the bill’s enactment;

    • (2) they have been continuously present in the country for at least five years prior to the bill’s enactment;
    • (3) they have obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent; and (4) they can demonstrate good moral character.^[1] See also^[2]
• Washington State House of Representatives - H.B. 1706
  • Expands resident student eligibility for purposes of the state need grant program.^[3]

Issue Briefs   issue briefs on this topic at the local, state, national, global level

• Immigration Status and Academic Achievement: Motivation or Discouragement - USA

• Immigration Status and Academic Achievement: Motivation or Discouragement - Walla Walla, WA

• Access to Higher Education for Undocumented Students

Glossary of Terms   key words or phrases that the layperson needs to know to understand this issue 

•  

  ·