LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION urging the New York State Congressional deleg-
ation to introduce and pass the Development, Relief and Education for
Alien Minors Act

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to urge the New York
State Congressional delegation to introduce and pass the Development,
Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act); and
WHEREAS, The DREAM Act would provide certain immigrant students who
graduate from an American High School, are of good moral character,
arrived in the United States as children, and have been in the country
continuously for at least five years prior to the bill's enactment, the
opportunity to earn conditional permanent residency; and
WHEREAS, The students will obtain temporary residency for a lapse of
six years; within the six year period, a qualified student must attend
college, and earn a two year degree, or serve in the military for two
years in order to earn citizenship after the six year period; and
WHEREAS, The legislation provides that if a student does not comply
with either his/her college requirement or military service requirement,
temporary residency will be taken away and the student will be subjected
to deportation; and
WHEREAS, Similar legislation was introduced in the New York State
Senate and enacted into law by the Governor in 2002; this Act amended
the education law, in relation to payment of tuition and fees charged to
nonresident students of SUNY, CUNY, and community colleges; now, there-
fore, be it
RESOLVED, That the New York State Congressional delegation be and
hereby is respectfully memorialized by this Legislative Body to intro-
duce and pass the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors
Act; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to each member of the Congressional delegation from the State of
New York.