Fed Event" Brody Forum Presents "Debating the DREAM Act: Rewarding Illegal Immigrants Or Advancing the American Dream?" | March 14

RSVP to Teyanna Munyan at (301)405-4767 or http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/dream-act/rsvp.html

March 14th:

4:00 PM: Brody Public Policy Forum starts, at the Colony Ballroom at the Stamp Student Union

5:30 PM" Reception in the Colony Ballroom

About the DREAM Acts
The federal DREAM Act, unsuccessfully introduced in Congress a number of times and sharply criticized by most Republicans, would offer a path to citizenship in exchange for showing a commitment to the United States, such as through military service or obtaining a college education. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced the most recent federal DREAM Act bill last year.

The Maryland DREAM Act, enacted into law last year, provides for in-state tuition at public universities for young people who are here illegally. It is currently the subject of a nullification referendum, which is being challenged in court.

The debate will stress both the specific provisions of the laws and the fundamental issues they raise, such as the nature of our diverse American community, the rule of and respect for law, and concepts of fairness toward immigrants as well as native born. These issues are played out within a policy tension between, on one side, a desire to encourage young people here illegally to become productive members of our society and, on the other, the antipathy to rewarding those who have entered this country illegally.

Co-sponsors

Campus Sponsors
· La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.

· Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc.

· Multicultural Involvement & Community Advocacy (MICA)

· Office of University Diversity

· Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership Graduate Student Association (UMD Department of Education, UMD)

· The Coalition of Latino Student Organizations

· The Policy Student Government Association of the Maryland School of Public Policy (PGSA)

· UMD College Democrats


Off-campus Cosponsors
· Help Save Maryland.org

· Immigrants’ Rights Organization

· Prince George’s County Republican Party


About the Brody Forum
The Norman and Florence Brody Family Foundation Public Policy Forum was established in 1995 through a generous donation to the University of Maryland by Norman and Florence Brody. The Brody Public Policy Forum brings renowned leaders and public policy experts to the University of Maryland to increase discussion and awareness of topics of national and international importance.