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October 27, 2003
HARMAN ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR
"STUDENT ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 2003"
- Measure Would Allow Qualified Young Immigrants to Pay In-State Tuition
Rates -
Washington, DC - US Representative Jane Harman (D-Venice) today
announced her support for The Student Adjustment Act of 2003, legislation
designed to allow qualified foreign-born college-bound students to be
eligible for in-state tuition rates and otherwise adjust their residency
status.
"America has always been the land of unparalleled opportunity for
all," said Harman. "I believe that such opportunity should extend
to law-abiding young people who, regardless of their residency status,
are ready to work hard and pursue their educational dreams."
The Student Adjustment Act of 2003 seeks to amend current law to permit
the States to determine state residency for higher education purposes
and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to cancel the removal
and adjust the status of alien college-bound students who are long-term
US residents.
In order to qualify under the Act, students must:
(a) be less than 21 years of age at the time of application;
(b) be physically present in the United States on the date the Act becomes
law and have been physically present in the United States for a continuous
period of not less than five years immediately preceding the date of application;
(c) be a person of good moral character; and
(d) at the time of application, be enrolled at or above the 7th grade
level in a school in the United States or be enrolled in or actively pursuing
admission to an institution of higher education in the United States.
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