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Fifteen Korean students from New York lobbied Washington lawmakers to pass a law pardoning students who illegally overstay their visas
Several immigrant rights groups, including the National Association of Korean-American Service for Education Council (NAKASEC), held a press conference in Washington D.C. on July 17 and announced their plans to begin actively lobbying Congress to pass The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would encourage states to grant undocumented immigration students in-state tuition and provide an opportunity for some undocumented students to obtain legal status.
In the press conference held in front of the Capitol, Chicago resident Yoon-hi Yim represented Korean students as she called for the passage of the DREAM Act. In America, the so-called country of opportunity, it is frustrating to be an illegal resident. We are forced to overstay our visas because of our parents undocumented status, so we cannot get financial support or loans for college. And she also demanded that lawmakers help us make our dreams come true and contribute to America.
Min, a student at Flushing High School, said that soon, Im going to graduate high school and go on to college, but I find that many of my seniors and peers have a lot of trouble getting into college because of financial reasons. I think its unfair to us, when we have done nothing wrong, that our future is put under such constraints. That is why I have decided to lobby for this law.
NAKASEC President Sung-kyu Yun said that at the moment, the bill will allow undocumented students to apply for permanent residency has been brought before both the Houses and the Senate. But the Senate version is both more likely to pass and more beneficial.
Senator Edward Kennedy will participate in the meeting and encourage his colleagues to support it. He will announce his support of the bill. Also I hope the DREAM Act will give them a dream, as its name means.
After the press conference, around forty Korean-American students from several Korean-American Associations such as the Korean Resource Center (Los Angeles), Korean American Resource and Cultural Center (Chicago) and the Young Korean American Service and Education Center (New York) planned to lobby Congress members in groups.
Around 200 minority students and people working in education attended the press conference.
Several immigrant rights groups, including the National Association of Korean-American Service for Education Council (NAKASEC), held a press conference in Washington D.C. on July 17 and announced their plans to begin actively lobbying Congress to pass The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would encourage states to grant undocumented immigration students in-state tuition and provide an opportunity for some undocumented students to obtain legal status.
In the press conference held in front of the Capitol, Chicago resident Yoon-hi Yim represented Korean students as she called for the passage of the DREAM Act. In America, the so-called country of opportunity, it is frustrating to be an illegal resident. We are forced to overstay our visas because of our parents undocumented status, so we cannot get financial support or loans for college. And she also demanded that lawmakers help us make our dreams come true and contribute to America.
Min, a student at Flushing High School, said that soon, Im going to graduate high school and go on to college, but I find that many of my seniors and peers have a lot of trouble getting into college because of financial reasons. I think its unfair to us, when we have done nothing wrong, that our future is put under such constraints. That is why I have decided to lobby for this law.
NAKASEC President Sung-kyu Yun said that at the moment, the bill will allow undocumented students to apply for permanent residency has been brought before both the Houses and the Senate. But the Senate version is both more likely to pass and more beneficial.
Senator Edward Kennedy will participate in the meeting and encourage his colleagues to support it. He will announce his support of the bill. Also I hope the DREAM Act will give them a dream, as its name means.
After the press conference, around forty Korean-American students from several Korean-American Associations such as the Korean Resource Center (Los Angeles), Korean American Resource and Cultural Center (Chicago) and the Young Korean American Service and Education Center (New York) planned to lobby Congress members in groups.
Around 200 minority students and people working in education attended the press conference.