Yvette Clarke on Immigration Democrat

Humane immigration policy without criminalization

Let illegal alien children attend school.

• Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a US national is similarly eligible without regard to such state residence.
• Cancels the removal of conditional permanent resident status of an alien who:
  1. entered the US before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the US for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act;
  2. is a person of good moral character;
  3. is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
  4. at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma.
• Authorizes an alien who has satisfied the appropriate requirements prior to enactment of this Act to petition the Secretary for conditional permanent resident status.