Senators Seek End to Deportation of Students Eligible to Stay Under Dream Act

Two senators have asked the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, to hold off deporting illegal immigrants who would be eligible to stay under the proposed Dream Act. Sen. Richard J. Durbin, a Democrat of Illinois, and Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican of Indiana, wrote a letter requesting the policy change. The legislation, which if enacted would apply to only a small number of students, would provide a path to permanent residency for those who came to the United States illegally with their parents before the age of 15, who have lived in the country for at least five years, who have a high-school diploma or GED, and who attend college.