IMMIGRANT STUDENT PROTEST IN DEFENSE OF IN-STATE TUITION
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IMMIGRANT STUDENT PROTEST IN HOUSTON
12 Noon, Monday, July 3, 2006
HCC CENTRAL CAMPUS: 1300 HOLMAN
IMMIGRANT STUDENTS PROTEST IN DEFENSE OF IN-STATE TUITION
Houston, Tx. Immigrant students in Houston have mobilized in protest of Republican led attacks on HB 1403- a law that grants in-state tuition to students who have completed at least three years in a Texas high school. A repeal of this law would create a serious impediment to immigrant students who wish to attend college since many come from low-income families and would not be able to afford the significantly higher out-of-state tuition rates for Texas colleges and universities. Members of JIFM- Jovenes Inmigrantes por un Futuro Mejor (Young Immigrants for a Better Future) plan to demonstrate in front of Congressman Culbersons Houston office; John Culberson is one of the sponsors of Federal legislation that would withhold federal funds from colleges and universities that would allow immigrant students to pay in-state tuition.
Students will protest dressed in CAPS and GOWNS and with HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACKS to symbolize how such anti-immigrant legislation would negatively affect students who are seeking to attend colleges and universities in Texas.
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House Bill would require HPD to enforce immigration
Body: Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Houston police would have to start enforcing federal immigration laws or potentially lose millions in crime-fighting money under a local lawmaker's measure that passed the House today.
An appropriations bill that cleared the House contains an amendment by Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, that would cut off federal law enforcement funds to cities that have what Culberson characterizes as "sanctuary policies" for illegal immigrants.
The measure will not become law unless it clears the Senate and is signed by President Bush.
Houston which announced an $18 million federal crime-fighting grant about the time the bill passed the House meets Culberson's definition because police do not ask the immigration status of residents they stop or detain
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4012578.html
IMMIGRANT STUDENT PROTEST IN HOUSTON
12 Noon, Monday, July 3, 2006
HCC CENTRAL CAMPUS: 1300 HOLMAN
IMMIGRANT STUDENTS PROTEST IN DEFENSE OF IN-STATE TUITION
Houston, Tx. Immigrant students in Houston have mobilized in protest of Republican led attacks on HB 1403- a law that grants in-state tuition to students who have completed at least three years in a Texas high school. A repeal of this law would create a serious impediment to immigrant students who wish to attend college since many come from low-income families and would not be able to afford the significantly higher out-of-state tuition rates for Texas colleges and universities. Members of JIFM- Jovenes Inmigrantes por un Futuro Mejor (Young Immigrants for a Better Future) plan to demonstrate in front of Congressman Culbersons Houston office; John Culberson is one of the sponsors of Federal legislation that would withhold federal funds from colleges and universities that would allow immigrant students to pay in-state tuition.
Students will protest dressed in CAPS and GOWNS and with HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACKS to symbolize how such anti-immigrant legislation would negatively affect students who are seeking to attend colleges and universities in Texas.
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House Bill would require HPD to enforce immigration
Body: Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Houston police would have to start enforcing federal immigration laws or potentially lose millions in crime-fighting money under a local lawmaker's measure that passed the House today.
An appropriations bill that cleared the House contains an amendment by Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, that would cut off federal law enforcement funds to cities that have what Culberson characterizes as "sanctuary policies" for illegal immigrants.
The measure will not become law unless it clears the Senate and is signed by President Bush.
Houston which announced an $18 million federal crime-fighting grant about the time the bill passed the House meets Culberson's definition because police do not ask the immigration status of residents they stop or detain
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4012578.html