Students plan to confront Gingrich, Romney in Nevada on military-only Dream Act
Students plan to confront Gingrich, Romney in Nevada on military-only Dream Act
By Liz Goodwin | The Ticket – 4 hrs ago..
Young immigration activists are planning a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday to protest a military-only version of the Dream Act that has been endorsed by both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, which they call "insulting."
"We want to make sure that they're not running on this platform," Erika Andiola, an organizer of the rally, told Yahoo News. Protesters plan to try to confront candidates with their personal immigration stories, as undocumented student Lucy Allain did to Romney during a January fundraiser in New York.
Both Gingrich and Romney oppose the original Dream Act, a 10-year-old proposal that would give legal status to young illegal immigrants who were brought to the country as children and who attend at least two years of college or join the military.
Romney announced his support for a military-only iteration of the law after hitting the campaign trail in Florida, where more than 10 percent of GOP primary voters are Hispanic. Both candidates have tried to attract Hispanic voters in Florida and beyond--who overwhelmingly support the Dream Act--without alienating Republican voters who worry that legalization measures would serve as a "magnet" that would attract more illegal immigration.
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/students-plan-confront-gingrich-romney-nevada-military-only-172226183.html
