Mass Governor Stands Up for DREAMers

The Boston Globe reports that Massachustetts Governor Deval Patrick, just weeks after announcing that Massachusetts would opt out of the U.S. government’s Secure Communities program, unexpectedly appeared at a Massachusetts State House hearing yesterday to urge lawmakers to support a bill allowing undocumented immigrants pay resident fees at state colleges and universities.  The Globe opined that “The surprise visit appeared to signal an aggressive new stance by the Patrick administration on illegal immigration and a sharp departure from the governor’s first term, when he shied from incendiary issues such as tuition and driver’s licenses for unauthorized immigrants.”

KJ