LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION  urging  the New York State Congressional deleg-
ation to 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  pass  the  Development, Relief and
Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act); and
  WHEREAS, The DREAM Act is a piece of proposed federal  legislation  in
the  United States that provides 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 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.