Immigrant advocates have staged sit-ins, held rallies and gone on hunger strikes in recent days in an 11th hour bid to get Congress to pass legislation that would give illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship by going to college or serving in the military.
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The Senate has a chance to take a small but humane step in solving the complexities of illegal immigration. Passage would also show that deeply divided Washington can find common ground. The DREAM Act deserves to be passed.
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"It's important to point out that the DREAM Act fits into a larger strategy of immigration enforcement, and would actually complement the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to prioritize our enforcement resources on removing dangerous criminal aliens from the country," Napolitano said.
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Dec 2, 2010
The secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, called on Congress to pass a bill granting legal status to many thousands of illegal immigrant students, saying it would help immigration authorities focus their resources on deporting dangerous criminals.
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Legislation carving a path to legal residency for thousands of illegal immigrant students will hit the House floor next week, according to a leading Democratic supporter.
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Dec 1, 2010
After spending a night in jail, 16 college students and community activists continued pushing for passage of a youth immigration measure Tuesday, holding rallies and vigils and continuing a three-week hunger strike to ratchet up pressure on lawmakers.
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Michelle Rodriguez, who turns 24 in a few days, has wanted to be a Marine ever since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when she was in ninth grade.
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A group of young undocumented immigrants gathered Tuesday at a military recruiting center in the U.S. capital, offering to serve as volunteers in the military of the country they grew up in. "This is our country, the country we love," 21-year-old Lizardo Bujelet told Efe. "All we ask is...
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Immigrant advocate groups have mobilized across the country in what they call a last-ditch effort to persuade Congress to pass a bill that would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant students, pressing for action in the remaining weeks when Democrats control both houses of Congress.
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No matter where Americans stand on illegal immigration, forcing a mother to decide, after more than a decade of productive residence in this nation, whether her children should be uprooted from the only life they've known or effectively become orphans (Maldonado's husband Diego was deported weeks ago) does not...
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