For undocumented dreamers, private initiative aims to help pay college tuition
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now to the domestic front and a bipartisan effort to help undocumented young people attend college.
Jeffrey Brown has our conversation.
Now with the prospect for immigration reform stalled, if not dead, on Capitol Hill, a private sector effort to help these students is under way.
It was founded by former Washington Post owner Donald Graham and our two guesses, Carlos Gutierrez, former commerce secretary under President George W. Bush. He now chairs the political action group Republicans for Immigration Reform. And Henry Munoz, a businessman in San Antonio, Texas, who serves as finance chair for the Democratic National Committee.
And welcome to both of you.
CARLOS GUTIERREZ, Former Secretary of Commerce: Thank you.
HENRY MUNOZ, TheDream.US: Thank you.
JEFFREY BROWN: Carlos Gutierrez, what is the idea behind this? What is the problem you think that youre addressing?
CARLOS GUTIERREZ: Well, its, as you said, kids who came to this country, no fault of their own, undocumented, and they find out very often when they graduate high school that they cant keep going, that theyre not in the country legally.
So thats it. Their career has stalled, so what were doing is providing them the opportunity to keep studying as they want to do through these scholarships.
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For undocumented dreamers, private initiative aims to help pay college tuition