Virginia DREAM Act Dies in House, Del. Rust Still Encouraged
Herndon's Del. Rust was encouraged by the support the bill received this year, and will reintroduce it next year.
The Virginia DREAM Act — legislation that would have allowed children of illegal immigrants to receive in-state college tuition — has died in Richmond, but supporters are optimistic the bill will pass next year. "I was encouraged," said Del. Tom Rust, R-Herndon, chief patron of the bill. "The bill has never gotten this far before. In fact, it's never gotten anywhere. I was encouraged by the response. It got a lot of support. I will be introducing it again next year, and I will be working on it between now and then." For the past seven years, similar legislation has died in a House subcommittee. This year, though, the measure enjoyed bipartisan, unanimous support on the subcommittee level, and it then passed the full House Education …
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Barbara Glakas
1:39 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
Bill, Glakasian pedestal. Nice one. Sorry you are sore about the President. You keep quoting Federal law, but the broader point that I think you are missing is that the general public is ready for these laws to change. That is why you see movement on this issue. That is why both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, as well as the President, are working on updating our immigration laws. That is … more ›