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  • Latino leaders protest Senate's removal of (illegal) immigrant provisions (WI)

    06/20/2009 4:44:38 AM PDT · by raybbr · 15 replies · 636+ views
    JSOnline ^ | Jun. 17, 2009 | Georgia Pabst
    Leaders in Milwaukee's Latino community expressed outrage Wednesday that state Sen. Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee) and other Democrats removed provisions in the state budget that would allow some undocumented students to pay in-state college tuition and let illegal immigrants obtain certificates to drive legally. Both measures had passed the Assembly and are included in the governor's budget. Voces de la Frontera, an immigrants' rights group, and supporters have written hundreds of postcards and lobbied hard for both measures that were spearheaded in Madison by Rep. Pedro Colón (D-Milwaukee), the lone Latino in the Legislature. But late Tuesday the Senate Democratic caucus...