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American Dream Act
(April 30, 2009) Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with representatives of the United Students of the Southeast Cities (USSC) to discuss the importance of passing the American Dream Act. The organization is based in the City of Maywood in the 34th District and is dedicated to politically mobilizing area youth to gain support in the community and on all levels of government for passage of the Dream Act. The measure (HR 1751), which the congresswoman co-authored along with Congressman Howard Berman (CA-28) and Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21, R), provides a path to legal immigration status for college-bound children who have lived most of their lives in this country, but do not have legal immigration status. Under the American Dream Act, qualified students would be eligible for temporary legal immigration status upon high school graduation that would lead to permanent legal residency if they go to college or serve in the military. The American Dream Act would also eliminate a federal provision that discourages states from providing in-state college tuition to immigrant students who have long resided in their states. The students presented the congresswoman with a framed copy of a resolution passed by the Huntington Park City Council on March 2 in support of the Dream Act. The cities of Maywood, Bell, Cudahy and South Gate have also passed resolutions in support of their students and the Dream Act. Pictured in the photo from left to right: (back row) Omar Pichardo, Maywood Academy, Maywood, CA; Rocio Acuña, South Gate High School Alumni, South Gate, CA; Javier Rodriguez, Don Bosco Tech, San Gabriel, CA; and Daisy Zepeda, Gage Middle School, Huntington Park, CA. Front row, left to right: Christine Acosta, Maywood Academy, Cudahy, CA; Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34); and Yolanda Santoyo, USSC volunteer/Social Worker, Los Angeles, CA; and Oscar Magana, USSC volunteer, Maywood, CA (not pictured).
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