Cal Students Rally in Support of DREAM Act
By Major Tian
Student groups at the University of California system are campaigning to support two state Assembly bills, AB130 and AB131, introduced this January and collectively known as the 2011 California DREAM Act.
UC Student Associations (UCSA) have collected more than 11,000 signed postcards since February and plan to deliver them to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk for approval later this month.
UCSA Communications Director Christine Byon said the group is trying to arrange a face-to-face meeting to deliver the postcards in person to Brown, who had spoken in favor of the Act during last year’s election campaign. DREAM Act supporters can also sign a petition to the governor through the UCSA website.
The first of the bills, AB130, allows qualified undocumented students to receive institutional financial assistance, while the second, AB131, would make such students eligible for state-administered aid.