Repealing part of the 14th Amendment won't fix our immigration problem; giving the undocumented a pathway to citizenship will. Continue »
Senate Republicans may have succeeded in blocking the DREAM Act from moving to a vote today, but Senator Durbin had an important message for young activists: "don't you give up..." Continue »
"The best and the brightest of our nation's immigrant community – who want to go to college and serve in our military – just had the door slammed in their face by the GOP. The fight will continue, but today marks a new low for a party that... Continue »
Student activists pushing for the DREAM Act regrouped Tuesday after the Senate blocked the defense bill that was expected to carry their immigration legislation. Continue »
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday stalled a Senate measure to allow children of undocumented immigrants to get on a path to citizenship Continue »
Cesar Vargas graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn, just like Senators Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont. Continue »
21/09/10 a 4:26pm por Maribel Hastings Por Maribel Hastings America’s Voice WASHINGTON – En votación 56-43, el Senado federal rechazó proceder con el debate del plan de gastos del Departamento de Defensa, al que los demócratas pretendían incorporar el proyecto DREAM Act para legalizar a jóvenes indocumentados que completen... Continue »
The Senate's vote against a motion to proceed to debate on the Department of Defense Authorization bill – to which the DREAM Act and a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" were attached – is a discouraging reminder that the Republican Party remains dangerously hostile to immigrants and, at... Continue »
An overhaul of immigration laws is beyond the reach of polarized Washington. But the Senate can ease the problem by passing the DREAM Act, which offers a pathway to citizenship to a narrow category of young immigrants who came here illegally through no fault of their own. Continue »
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urged Congress to pass a long-shot immigration measure that would give legal status to undocumented young people who attend college or join the military, saying it would be a boon for the nation. Continue »