This is a continuing theme for the Democrat - turned - Republican Western New York senator, whose very first TV ad of this year's campaign (released back in April) focused on his opposition to the DREAM Act, which would help the children of undocumented immigrants access state cash to attend college. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Democrats in that chamber said that many of the governor's progressive proposals this year — including the move away from cash bail, or a proposal to let undocumented immigrants access state tuition assistance programs — could be jettisoned and addressed later in the session. (politico.com)
Among other things, the bill would give illegal immigrants access to tuition assistance and driver's licenses, a provision that crumbled under intense criticism in 2007, after it was proposed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer. (nytimes.com)