Monday, September 20, 2010

Harvard president, student team up for the Dream Act

These two people make a good team to work for passage of the DREAM Act. - - Donna Poisl

Visit D.C. to urge approval of new path to residency

By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff

Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust and an immigrant student detained in June for being in the United States illegally from Mexico joined forces in Washington yesterday to urge the Senate to pass legislation that would let youths like him apply for legal residency.

Faust and sophomore Eric Balderas paid a symbolic visit to the office of Senator Richard Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, to promote the Dream Act, as the measure is gathering steam for a possible vote next week, said Durbin spokesman Max Gleischman.
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