Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Opponents fall short of challenging California Dream Act

The California DREAM Act will stay in force, not enough people against it. - - Donna Poisl

By Emmett Berg, SAN FRANCISCO

(Reuters) - Organizers have failed to gather enough signatures for a California voter initiative aimed at barring illegal immigrants from receiving public aid for college, a leader of the campaign said on Friday.

The petition drive led by state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a Republican, took aim at 2011 legislation known as the California Dream Act.

The first part of the legislation signed into law in July by Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, allowed illegal immigrants to receive privately funded college scholarships.
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