U.S. Congress - S.729 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009
S.729 - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009
A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)
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- Short: Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Short: DREAM Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Official: A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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This bill would give states the authority to repeal the denial of an unlawful alien’s eligibility for higher education benefits, which have been previously tied state-residency. Additionally, it allows for the adjustment from status of alien to conditional permanent resident and outlines the criteria for such an adjustment by the Secretary of Homeland Security.Official Summary
3/26/2009--Introduced.Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 or DREAM Act of 2009 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on stateOfficial Summary
3/26/2009--Introduced.Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009 or DREAM Act of 2009 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who:(1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act;
(2) is a person of good moral character;
(3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
(4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma;
(5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and
(6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment. Sets forth the conditions for conditional permanent resident status, including:
(1) termination of status for violation of this Act; and
(2) removal of conditional status to permanent status. Authorizes an alien who has satisfied the appropriate requirements prior to enactment of this Act to petition the Secretary for conditional permanent resident status. Provides for:
(1) exclusive jurisdiction;
(2) penalties for false application statements;
(3) confidentiality;
(4) fee prohibitions;
(5) higher education assistance; and
(6) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.
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Organizations Supporting S.729
- Asian American Institutue
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
- AFL-CIO
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Jewish Committee
- Anti-Defamation League
- ...and 34 more. See all.
Organizations Opposing S.729
- Federation for American Immigration Reform
- Progressives for Immigration Reform
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Injustice for All: Obama's Immigration Agenda
Enacting S. 729: Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, the so-called DREAM Act, won't fix it. On December 18, the Senate defeated ...
A Dallas immigration attorney's plea for the Dream Act
... Alien Minors Act) that is currently being debated in the media and simultaneously in the halls of Congress (Senate bill S. 729 and House bill HR 1751). ...
NewsHour Connect: Democrats Tighten DREAM Act in Hopes of Appealing to Republicans
...by Senators Orin Hatch, R-Utah, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the [DREAM Act](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.729:) seeks to provide a path to citizenship for people brought to the United States illegally as children. On Tuesday, Senate Democrat
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DREAM Act No Longer Bipartisan - Blog - OpenCongress
Democrats, however, said that it was clear for months that Indiana Republican wasn't going to cosponsor the bill at this time. Here are three versions of the DREAM Act from the past several years — S.729 (109th Congress), ... CLick on those and then
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Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.729 A bill to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes. ... OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Pol
Injustice for All: Obama`s Immigration Agenda
Enacting S. 729: Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, the so-called DREAM Act, won't fix it. On December 18, the Senate defeated the measure that would have: -- made eligible only high school or GED graduates ...
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