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GOPer Calls for Arrest of College Students

HeadlineOct 24, 2007

In other news from Washington, a Republican lawmaker called for the arrest of three college students Tuesday to prevent them from appearing at a press conference on Capitol Hill. The students are all children of undocumented workers who have been in the U.S. for more than a decade. They were speaking out in support of passage of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. The DREAM Act would grant permanent citizenship to undocumented workers’ children if they completed two years of college, trade school or military service. But before the press conference, Congressmember Tom Tancredo of Colorado said the students should be arrested. He said: “Just because these illegal aliens are being used for political gain doesn’t mean they get immunity from the law.” The press conference was initially postponed but went ahead — with no arrests.

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