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	IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN LEGAL LIMBO

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4-24-2009 9:53 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cb82b5f8-60b6-4023-8c8d-876f9b1f06e8/828B3739-77EE-407E-A4F4-03A99E1E1F79/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/" href="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/" style="font-size: 11px;">roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/"><H2 class="entry-title">Immigrant Children in Legal Limbo</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/img/111BDEF7-F192-4055-8D86-AF539562F81F" alt="college students" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/"><P>To accompany the final article in <A href="http://projects.nytimes.com/immigration/"> a Times series on immigration</A>, Room for Debate examines the situation of young illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children with their parents and were raised and educated here.  The article on the topic will appear over the weekend.   </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/"><P><A href="http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/DREAM/index.htm">Legislation (called the Dream Act)</A> sponsored by Senators Richard Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, and Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, would give some of these young immigrants a chance to become permanent residents. It would extend to those who have stayed out of trouble, graduated from high school and either finished two years of college or two years of military service, and there would be a six-year conditional status period.   </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/">We’ve asked three immigration specialists what to do about this particular immigrant population, which is estimated at one million people.  The discussion also includes the perspective of two young immigrants,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/">Prerna </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/immigrant-children-in-legal-limbo/">and Nick, who were brought</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/828B3739-77EE-407E-A4F4-03A99E1E1F79/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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