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Wa. House OKs college aid for illegal immigrants
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 The Washington House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure making young illegal immigrants eligible for state college financial aid. |
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The Washington House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure making young illegal immigrants eligible for state college financial aid. The measure's bipartisan 77-20 vote was highlighted by impassioned speeches by Republicans who broke ranks with their party to vote in favor of the bill. "People will seek this nation out from all over the world. They want a life of opportunity," said Republican Rep. Charles Ross of Naches. "These kids, I want them to someday go to Cornell, to be a state lawmaker or more." House lawmakers amended the bill on the floor to open college aid to all young illegal immigrants. The bill has undergone several changes since it was introduced earlier this year. The bill's previous version made only young immigrants who had qualified for the Obama Administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program eligible for the State Needs Grant. That federal program provides young immigrants who arrived in the United States as children a legal way to live in the country on renewable two-year stays, if they meet certain age and non-criminal history criteria. The bill now moves to the Senate, where a similar bill did not get a hearing. But advocates are optimistic. "I think that this is a perfect bipartisan issue for a bipartisan-led Senate. And I think the chances are pretty good," said Emily Murphy of OneAmerica, an immigrant advocacy group. Republican Sen. Barbara Bailey, who chairs the higher education committee, said she would try to set a hearing for the bill. "It is worth a discussion," Bailey said. Opponents said the measure promises financial aid in a time when the state doesn't have enough money for all students in need. One lawmaker opposed the bill because of he said illegal immigrants don't follow the law. "We're a nation and state of laws and because we are, we're governed by the rule of law, and as much of a humanitarian issue as this is, as much compassion that folks in my own caucus and my friends across the aisle have shown, it doesn't change the fact we have to address, the foundation of this conversation and that is the rule of law," said Republican Rep. Jason Overstreet of Blaine. (Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Source: Yahoo) |
華盛頓眾議院周三通過了一項(xiàng)議案，讓年輕的非法移民也有資格申請(qǐng)州立大學(xué)的助學(xué)金。 兩黨對(duì)該議案的贊成票和反對(duì)票為77比20，共和黨議員們和自己的黨派唱反調(diào)，投了贊成票，還發(fā)表了慷慨激昂的演說，吸引了眾多目光。 來自納奇斯的共和黨議員查爾斯?羅斯說：“全世界的人們都會(huì)奔著這個(gè)國家而來。他們想要有機(jī)遇的人生。這些孩子，我希望他們有一天能上康奈爾大學(xué)，成為州議員或更了不起的人?！?/p> 眾議院議員在議院對(duì)法案進(jìn)行了修改，對(duì)所有年輕非法移民開放大學(xué)助學(xué)金。自從今年年初推出這一法案以來，已經(jīng)對(duì)其進(jìn)行了幾次改動(dòng)。 該法案的早期版本只允許那些有資格參與奧巴馬政府的兒童移民延期行動(dòng)項(xiàng)目的年輕移民得到華盛頓州特需補(bǔ)助。該聯(lián)邦政府項(xiàng)目為來到美國的年輕移民提供在美國生活的合法渠道，每兩年更新一次居住許可證，前提是他們符合一定的年齡限制，而且沒有犯罪史。 該法案現(xiàn)在已提交參議院，此前在參議院有一個(gè)類似法案沒有獲得聽證機(jī)會(huì)。不過擁護(hù)者們對(duì)此持樂觀態(tài)度。 移民權(quán)益倡導(dǎo)組織OneAmerica的艾米麗?墨菲說：“我認(rèn)為這對(duì)于由兩黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的參議院是一個(gè)完美的兩黨議題。我認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)絕佳的機(jī)會(huì)?！?/p> 高等教育委員會(huì)主席、共和黨參議員芭芭拉?貝利說她會(huì)努力為該議案爭(zhēng)取開聽證會(huì)的機(jī)會(huì)。 貝利說：“這一議案值得討論?！?/p> 反對(duì)者稱，這一議案承諾發(fā)放補(bǔ)助金，但當(dāng)前華盛頓州并沒有足夠的錢讓所有貧困學(xué)生都拿到助學(xué)金。一位議員反對(duì)這一議案，他說因?yàn)榉欠ㄒ泼癫⒉蛔袷胤伞?/p> 來自布萊恩市的共和黨眾議員杰森?奧福斯特利特說：“我們的國家是一個(gè)法治國家，我們的州是法治之州，正因如此，我們受法律管轄；不管這是怎樣的一個(gè)人道主義問題，不管我們核心小組的成員和對(duì)立黨派的朋友們表現(xiàn)出多大的同情心，這并不能改變我們所必須面對(duì)的事實(shí)和這一對(duì)話的基礎(chǔ)，這就是法治?！?/p> 相關(guān)閱讀 （中國日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮 編輯：Julie） |
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Vocabulary: caucus: （政黨在決策、醞釀候選人時(shí)召開的）領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層秘密會(huì)議，核心會(huì)議 across the aisle: 對(duì)立黨派 |
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