Northeastern President: Help Undocumented Students

By The Associated Press
May 21, 2010, 4:05 AM
8 Comments

BOSTON — Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun (AH’-oon) has endorsed a federal proposal that would allow undocumented college students a pathway to permanent residency and U.S. citizenship.

Aoun sent Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown a letter last week urging the passage of a bill known as the Dream Act, a proposal being considered in Congress. It would open an avenue to conditional permanent residency for students who are illegally in the country but want to go to college.

Brown spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said Brown would review the legislation if and when it comes before the Senate.

Last month, Tufts University President Lawrence Bacow sent Brown and Sen. John Kerry a similar letter. Harvard President Drew Faust wrote a similar letter last year to Kerry and the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.

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Mara

Thank you for your support. It is still unbelievable that talented students are hindered by petty politics. PASS THE DREAM ACT!
Klame

What’s more beneficial for this country… to have millions of uneducated youngsters or open a path to citizenship for them to attend college and contribute for the greater good of this nation? Pass the DREAM ACT now!
borderexplorer

We need an educated public. I support the Dream Act.
MdeG

Thank you! I agree. It’s better that people should be educated and productive, than frustrated and bored. Nothing good comes of despair. Let the kids study.
http://www.restorefairness.org Restore Fairness

This is wonderful support for an important issue. We need workable solutions that unite us together – and reform that respects due process and fairness allows us to celebrate the values that we hold dear – fairness, opportunity and due process. When we deny due process to some people, ultimately it will affect all of us. To take action go to http://www.restorefairness.org.
http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com adriana

I support the DREAM Act because many of these kids have been living here in the US so long that they no longer have ties and may not even speak their native language. It doesn’t make sense to use the labor of their parents for all of these years and then fail to give them (the youth) an opportunity to live the American dream. They didn’t have any say in how they arrived here.
queequeg’s writings

Bravo to Joseph Aoun! This piece of legislation is desperately needed and long overdue.
AS

The DREAM Act has been around for 7 years…it is about time it passed! It will help many young talented immigrant youth contribute to this country productively.