Dear Students and CA Dream Act Supporters,

Quick Update: Since our visit to the State Capitol there have been many changes. The communication with the District and Capitol of office of both Speaker Nunez and Senator Cedillo has been open and helpful. Both the Speaker and the Senator's office have been open to the questions and concerns that students have regarding this bill.

There have been many talks and much action. Since the last update this is where we are:

The California Dream Act is now SB1

The bill SB1 Office of Immigration Affairs (Cedillo), has been amended and now holds the language of the CA Dream Act.

The bill will be authored by Senator Cedillo, with principal co-authorship by Speaker Nunez with all of the co-authors from the previous CA Dream Act bills.

The bill is currently being amended and written into SB1, the bill should be up for public view by this coming Monday.

Both offices has pledged their full support and have stated that they are committed to sending this bill to the Governor's desk.

Speaker Nunez's office has stated that future actions within the Board of Trustees and UC Regents office will be discussed further.

With that said, some of the CA Dream Acts components have been removed, and will be introduced as clean-up bills next session. The reason for this procedure was to accommodate some concerns the Governor's office may have, and to improve the likely hood of the bill's success in the Governor's office. It is important to consider that just like AB540 set precedent for the CA Dream Act, the CA Dream Act can set precedent for these future bills next session.

Thank You for your continuous support, and get ready because now our job is to get the Governor to sign the bill.

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Posted on behalf of
Gregory Cendana
Outreach Officer
United States Student Association
Email: ussaoutreach@gmail.com

Website: http://www.usstudents.org
Cell: 916-284-9839