CWN - June 11, 2012
Urging Catholics to contact members of Congress and offering seven ?talking points,? the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops? Justice for Immigrants campaign has renewed its previous calls to support the DREAM Act while criticizing an alternative measure proposed by Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is the son of two Cuban immigrants.
?The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has long supported the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act,? Justice for Immigrants states in a new action alert. ?With bipartisan backing for over a decade, this legislation would provide a path to citizenship and access to in-state tuition for qualified undocumented youth who were brought to the United States--some as infants--by their parents.?
?Alternatives of the DREAM Act are being proposed by some lawmakers, including Senator Marco Rubio (FL),? the Justice for Immigrants statements adds. ?Unfortunately, his proposal does not include a specific path to citizenship. That is problematic because, although this variations [sic] of the DREAM Act would allow some undocumented youth to legalize their status, the inability to attain United States citizenship places these young men and women at risk of living as second class citizens in our society.?
The action alert continues:
The changes to the DREAM Act offered by Sen. Rubio would create a permanent underclass of people who would be unable to receive the benefits and protections as American citizens. The U.S. Catholic bishops firmly believe that DREAM Act eligible youth should have an opportunity to earn their citizenship. While Sen. Rubio is to be commended for engaging in the issue of bringing a segment of the undocumented population out of the shadows, the current version of the DREAM Act is a better legislative vehicle than the any of the proposed alternatives.
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