(This photo was taken from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/nyregion/dream-act-bill-passed.html, and it was taken by Cindy Schultz for The New York Times)

On the New York Times daily newspaper for Thursday (Jan. 24, 2019), Christina Goldbaum published the news article “Legislature Passes Bill Giving College Aid to Undocumented Students.” New York State Legislature would provide financial aid to students who were undocumented immigrants, and they would be able to pursue higher education. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has already confirmed Dream Act, which will be signed into law by him. Other than New York State, California, Texas, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon and Minnesota are states that has provided undocumented students financial support for education. When New York State Legislature passed Dream Act, Republican State Senators argued with Democratic State Senators on the issue regarding to undocumented immigrants. Republican State Senators held the point that they should concern on legal citizens of the United States, especially for middle-class families. On the other side, Democratic State Senators believed that supported undocumented students would bring more benefits to the state in a long term. Dream Act was an important action that both sides considered in different aspects for the election in 2020.

(This photo was taken from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/nyregion/dream-act-bill-passed.html, and it was taken by Stephanie Keith for The New York Times)

The pass of Dream Act was a good news for those undocumented students, and it was a positive sign to undocumented immigrants as well. However, Republican party held different opinions on this issue, and there might be opposite voice from the public. From this stand point, after Dream Act passed, there were positive and negative effects and arguments between Republican and Democratic political parties. In my opinion, I think this news article was generated by a news release because the purpose was give notification to the public about the approval of Dream Act, and it was achieved well. Definitely, there were potential problems, so public relations for New York State Legislature should follow up with updates of the implementation of Dream Act. Meanwhile, it would be important to deal with opposite voices and prepare answers to reply when there is a need to make clarification of it.

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