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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 770540" data-attributes="member: 12952">The DREAM Act sponsors have long fought to sabotage a clearly worded provision in the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) that states: “Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, an alien who is not lawfully present in the  United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a  State (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education  benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible  for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without  regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident.”</blockquote>