DREAM act

The New Jersey Legislature plans to send Gov. Chris Christie an immigrant tuition bill without amending it to reflect the changes he wants.

Despite what you hear from Senate President Steve Sweeney that the Governor “never fails to disappoint,” the Governor is thisclose to signing the DREAM Act, which extends in-state tuition rates for state colleges to the children of illegal immigrants...

The controversial bill granting the children of illegal immigrants brought here when they were children and wishing to attend state run colleges in-state tuition rates is racing toward the Governor’s desk. The State Senate yesterday has approved the bill that would not only allow these students to pay the in state rate, but also be eligible for state grants...

A number of New Jersey’s illegal immigrants would be eligible for in-state tuition rates and state aid for college under a bill advanced by the State Senate Budget Committee today. It is called the DREAM Act and it is being touted as tuition equality.

If a bill approved Thursday by the state Senate Budget Committee becomes law, undocumented immigrants would be eligible for state aid and in-state tuition rates at New Jersey's colleges and universities.

Many of New Jersey’s undocumented immigrants would be eligible for in-state tuition rates and state aid for college under a bill advanced by the State Senate Budget Committee today. The measure has been dubbed the DREAM Act and advocates think the time is now for tuition equality.

Gov. Chris Christie, a likely 2016 Republican presidential candidate whose inroads among Hispanics helped him to a landslide re-election victory, could soon be handed an immigration bill that grants in-state tuition to students illegally brought to the U.S. as children.

Now that election season is past and the Democrats have maintained control of both houses of the Legislature, one of their signature pieces of legislation is the so called DREAM Act, which would allow the children of illegal immigrants brought here at a young age to attend state college at in-state rates...

Supporters of "Dream Act"-style legislation for New Jersey are applauding a recent speech by Gov. Chris Christie in which he said he supports tuition equality "for everybody in New Jersey."

Two of the “Dream Act” bills are still on the docket before the Legislature, which would allow the children of immigrants who are here illegally to attend state colleges at in-state rates. Much has been said about this. From, “they’ve been in this country not of their own volition so why should they suffer because of that...