“That’s a win,” Delegate Morales declared.

She and I introduced House Bill 975.

We did so after learning about Cesar Vargas, a 32-year-old Mexican immigrant without legal status who was recently admitted to the bar of New York.

Under our bill, if someone qualifies for in-state tuition at the undergraduate level, a dreamer under the law approved on referendum in 2012, that person may qualify for the bar and practice law.

Our bill hearing is tomorrow  Last Friday, we discussed HB 975 with representatives of the Judiciary.

This afternoon they responded, telling us that they would propose an addition to the Bar Admission rule.  Undocumented immigration status, by itself, would not preclude admission to the Bar.

We’ve achieved our objective.

That’s a win.

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I sent an email to a friend in the Executive Branch so that his boss would be better prepared for a meeting tomorrow on an issue I’m interested in.

“I appreciate this,” he responded.

“Getting things done is a team game,” I wrote back.