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ATTACHMENT B <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />City Manager’s Office <br /> <br /> Human Rights Commission <br /> <br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />th <br /> 99 W. 10, Suite 116 <br />M <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />EMORANDUM <br /> (541) 682-5177 <br /> (541) 682-5414 FAX <br /> <br /> <br />Date: March 17, 2010 <br /> <br />To: Mayor Piercy and City Council <br /> <br /> <br />From: Linda Hamilton, Human Rights Commission Chair <br /> <br />Subject:Endorsement of DREAM Act <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mayor and Council, <br /> <br />The Human Rights Commission (HRC) requests that the City Council pass a resolution in support of a <br />The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM) Act. <br /> <br />A community member visited the Human Rights Commission on November 19, 2009 requesting that the <br />HRC consider endorsing the resolution to bring before City Council. Commissioners spent three months <br />learning more about the DREAM Act, and conducting outreach and consulting with community members. <br /> <br />On February 16, 2010 the Human Rights Commission voted to endorse a proposed City Council <br />resolution in support of the DREAM Act, and support the effort to bring this resolution to City Council. <br />The vote reflected ten in favor, and two abstentions. Over thirty-five constituents attended the February <br />16 Human Rights Commission meeting and many people spoke in favor of the act. <br /> <br />The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act proposes to allow <br />undocumented students who have lived in the United States for at least five years, and have graduated <br />high school or received a graduate equivalency diploma, to legalize their immigration status, thereby <br />making them eligible for federal financial aid, and to allow states to consider these students as state <br />residents for tuition purposes at state universities. <br /> <br />By endorsing this local resolution, the City of Eugene joins other municipalities who have endorsed the <br />DREAM Act. Your endorsement of the resolution reflects support for the national campaign to approve <br />the DREAM Act at the federal level. The intent of the Eugene resolution is to support local student <br />leaders and organizers in their work on passage of the Dream Act at the state and federal levels. <br /> <br />If you have questions or need additional information, please contact staff at 541 682-5177 or via email: <br />ehrcenter@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />