Austin – Da`wah groups raises concerns after they canceled the federal law. Signed by state governor Rick Perry in 2001, some students who have no documents are allowed to qualify tuition fees within the country.
On June 4, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Texas. He claimed that the Texas Dreams Law violates federal law by providing advantages for non -documented students who also do not extend to American citizens.
The Texas Pact Prosecutor’s Office issued a statement hours after the lawsuit was filed, saying they will not fight the lawsuit, which leads to a virtual ruling.
“Ending this discriminatory and non -American ruling is a great victory for Texas,” Read Paxon’s statement, partially.
“This is more than just a legal challenge,” said Linda Kurdso, Immigration Director, said. Children at risk. “This is an attempt to dismantle one of the most effective and insight education policies in Texas.”
Children at risk is research and non -profit invitation that focuses on improving the quality of life for Texas children.
Viridiana carrisales is the co -founder and CEO of EmschoolsIt is a non -profit institution that cooperates with educational areas to help them meet the needs of immigrant students better. It claims that this may discourage students from pursuing higher education or even staying in school.
“Therefore, this will be implicit, as it is possible that students from school will leave to 12 schools,” Karazallis said. “It does not matter where we live in the state. It all hurts us at the moment when students leave school.”
Fears go beyond students. Kurchdo pointed to the economic benefits that students bring to Texas and what the state will lose without it.
“in [2021] “The students of the Dreams Law contributed more than 81 million dollars in the tuition fees,” Kurdsu said. The abolition of the law may cost Texas $ 461 million every year in the lost economic activity. “
During the legislative session, legislators submitted draft laws to cancel the Texas Dreams Law. However, despite the hours of martyrdom, she left the bills waiting for them and did not pass. Chelsea Kramer, a Texas state organizer in the US Migration Council, framing the original 2001 legislation as an example of the rest of the nation.
“For more than two decades, Texas Dream has already stood as a model for the treatment of pragmatic policies,” said Kramer. “Since 2001, similar laws were issued in 24 other states, which really found that what Texas did in 2001 was something the nation wanted.”
After the cancellation, the Democrats in Texas authored a letter criticizing the decision and providing a solution. They are calling for a new classification to allow students qualified under the law to register in the autumn “at the rate they expected reasonably.”
“These students do not ask for bulletins,” said Corshdo. “They invest in their future.”