Scholarship legal or illegal

College of Santa Ana will be devoted to illegal immigrant students scholarship in memory of the 27-year-old immigration activist Tran Ngoc Tam Garden Grove, who was killed in a crash with suspected drunken driver in Maine on May 15 Tran and 26 years old, Cynthia Felix Perez of Los Angeles were both killed in the accident. The friends were active members of the movement DREAM Act immigration reform, which aims to provide students who are illegally in the country the opportunity to apply for legal permanent residence to protect them from deportation and are eligible for student loans and federal work-study programs. Click here to see a story about Rep. Loretta Sanchez become a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act to read. Tran, pursuing a doctorate at Brown University in Rhode Island, was himself an illegal immigrant in the performance of U.S. citizenship. She was a student at Santa Ana College before transferring to UCLA. The scholarship would be meaningless if the student is selected for the award were not taking the same path to citizenship as Tran, said Sara Lundquist, Vice President of Student Affairs at Santa Ana, for example, an international student with student visa are eligible for this scholarship, he said. "Tam dedicated her time and energy defending the children of undocumented immigrants who were in this country and grew up as Americans, but even permanent residents," said Lundquist. The university is the creation of a scholarship of $ 2,500 match in the name of Tran and hope that more people are donating to add. "We do not know how long it will be," said Lundquist. "We expect the annual fair." Other criteria include academic achievement with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and an economic needs test. "The prize winner must also be someone to continue their education and enter a university after Santa Ana College," said Lundquist. Tran praised as a true leader, someone who will become students at Santa Ana College to inspire. "He was a humble leader who has never seen as a leader or even as an honors student," said Lundquist. "She did what she did to become famous. She did it just to get it done." Yenni Diaz, spokesman for the 'Dream Team' Orange County, said the death of Tran and Perez actually helped further fuel the movement. "They were pioneers and worked very hard," said Diaz, on Wednesday morning to a crowd at the meeting of the Friends in Anaheim. Diaz and other members of the 'Dream Team' are expected in the College of Santa Ana at 1:30 pm meet for an informal meeting and then participate in the ceremony at 2:30. The ceremony is open to members of the public. Students and teachers will remember Tran during the ceremony, said Lundquist. Vietnamese parents, Tran was born in Germany, but neither country would accept. It was, without a country when it came to the United States at the age of 6. She testified before Congress on May 18, 2007, for the DREAM Act, with a moving story of his adventures as a child without a country. His parents were arrested after his testimony, but those cases were resolved later.