Lauren Hussey, Political Science, and Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Gazette

In a July 6 Gazette article entitled “Dream Act supporters take to the streets to win votes,” proponents and opponents of the Maryland Dream Act discussed the bill, which will be submitted to a referendum this November. The act allows undocumented workers to be eligible for in-state tuition if they have attended Maryland high schools for three years, then graduated and enrolled at a community college before transferring to a four-year state university, and whose parents have filed state income taxes during the period, among other benchmarks. Lauren Hussey, assistant professor of political science, said that one factor may be President Obama’s recent …