On the same sex marriage front: Vote on the bill expected tomorrow after attempts to amend fail; lone Southern Maryland delegate for same-sex marriage is gay; two UM professsors — a couple for 27 years — look forward to bill’s passage while out-of-state opponents expect to pour $1 million to fight if bill becomes law; bill giving in-state tuition to illegal aliens expected to pass in Monday vote; Lt. Gov. Brown tells moving story about his illegal alien grandmother; legislation a good shot at curbing drunk driving deaths; O’Malley testifies for estate tax relief for farmers; and U.S. Rep. Andy Harris decides to keep private insurance after all.
Day: March 10, 2011
Lt. Gov. Brown’s grandmother was an illegal immigrant
At a United Seniors rally in Annapolis Wednesday morning, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown made an unusual revelation in response to a question about in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. Turns out his Jamaican grandmother illegally immigrated to the United States sometime in the 1930s after the Cuban government had thrown out migrant Jamaican workers during the Depression.
Senate tentatively approves in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
After hours of lengthy debate and wrangling over amendments, the Senate gave tentative approval Wednesday night to a bill that would grant young illegal immigrants who have graduated from state high schools in-state tuition for community colleges and state universities. The estimated cost of the tuition is about $800,000 in fiscal 2014, rising to $3.5 million in 2016.
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