Dream Act: Some see hope, others a drain on state resources

Opponents should realize how much future value there is in helping these kids pay for college. They will stay in the state, be able to get good jobs or start businesses, buy houses, pay taxes.   - - Donna Poisl

By Matthew Hay Brown, The Baltimore Sun

On some level, Oscar Moreno knew growing up that his family did not have permission to live in the United States.

But it wasn't until now, as the 17-year-old Baltimore Polytechnic Institute senior makes plans for a career in architectural engineering, that it seemed to matter. As an illegal immigrant — his mother brought him over the border from their native Mexico when he was five — Moreno does not qualify for in-state tuition at the University of Maryland.


He's campaigning for the Maryland Dream Act — his only real chance, he says, at affording college.
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