In an interview with the Gannett News Service last month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), said President-elect Barack Obama (D) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had reached a consensus on how to move forward on a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
The bill, which was modeled in part after the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act - a piece of proposed federal legislation that would have provided achieving undocumented high school students who arrived to the United States as young children the opportunity to earn conditional permanent residency - would include provisions allowing undocumented students access to certain federal programs including student financial aid, clearing the path to permanent residency for immigrant students and making it easier for states to charge in-state tuition rates to some illegal immigrants.
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