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One of the most important ballot initiatives
that will go before the voters in

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November is that of the Maryland Dream
Act which would permit undocumented

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immigrants who have graduated from

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a Maryland high school to attend Maryland
Public colleges at in-state tuition rates

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Dutchy opponents argue that the DREAM Act
is giving amnesty to illegal aliens who

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have broken immigration laws and therefore
rewards their illegal behavior in

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addition it unfairly denies legal residents
valuable state and federal resources

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which they would otherwise be entitled What
do you think is going to happen will it

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pass Well I think it will pass and I believe
that the DREAM Act What it essentially

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does is it provides opportunities to
immigrants young immigrants who came here who

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work hard in school that are pursuing college
you know higher educated and I'm sure

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they're being rewarded for their parents
it's sad they have given out there but

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they're being given an opportunity to succeed
and to seize the American dream right

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critics also point out that this is just
one more unfunded mandate that the state

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can ill afford because no one knows how
many people that the DREAM Act will apply

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will the DREAM Act be rejected or as Dutch
you suggest is it going to be passed you

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know I really don't know I think it's going
to close one way or the other I am I'm

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troubled by it I think
what we need and I know

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a lot of people talked about it for years
is comprehend comprehensive immigration

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reform and the question had always been
what is first Steve do you lock down the

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borders first or do you have immigration
reform one way or the other the the

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challenge that I have both from the
monetary standpoint we don't know what it's

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going to cost and our university systems
our challenge in terms of finance now but

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also an out of state legal resident
will not have that same opportunity to

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go to one of our state schools
at the tuition rate so I am

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a little undecided on this but I think it's
it's not the right thing to do at this

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time.