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State bill revives pieces of DREAM Act for illegal immigrants - access to financial aid, work

By Bill Perkins

 
Posted by Bill Perkins [1] on Thursday, March 24th, 2011

BY Erica Pearson
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Thursday, March 24th 2011, 4:00 AM

A new bill in the state Legislature would make college life easier for undocumented immigrant students - giving them benefits like financial aid and driver's licenses.

Unlike the federal DREAM Act that died in the Senate last year, the Albany bill wouldn't provide a path to citizenship - but advocates say it would be life-changing for the more than 10,000 undocumented kids who graduate New York high schools each year.

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