Cross-posted at Huffington Post and Daily Kos. After the drubbing Republicans took from Latino voters in the 2012 elections, some of the party’s leaders began to talk openly about the stark choice they face: appeal to a diversifying America, or risk extinction as a national party. This isn’t just a political choice, it’s...
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Following the success of the DREAMer conference in Kansas City this weekend—the biggest gathering of DREAMers to date—United We DREAM unveiled their new platform for change this morning, their statement of principles describing the type of immigration reform they have vowed to pursue next year. “We’re building a movement...
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Voting has started for TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year 2012—and “undocumented immigrants” are one of the options on the list! Vote to make “undocumented immigrants” TIME’s Person of the Year—click here. Every year, TIME Magazine holds a contest recognizing an individual, group, or item that has made a...
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Dec 1, 2012
It’s been an amazing year for DREAMers, who won protection from deportation this year when President Obama announced his deferred action (DACA) program, and became a national political story when they helped to mobilize record numbers of the Latino vote in last month’s elections. Today–as DREAMers from all over...
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