Sep 21, 2010
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday stalled a Senate measure to allow children of undocumented immigrants to get on a path to citizenship
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For Avila and others like him, the stakes on the DREAM Act are high.
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Democrats attach the key policy objectives to the annual spending legislation. Republicans vow to filibuster, accusing the majority of using the bill to galvanize voters.
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U.S. and Mexican border governors called Monday for reform of U.S. immigration policies...
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With the DREAM Act coming this afternoon, First Focus and partners published this ad in Roll Call and Congressional Quarterly explaining why it would be right for Congress to pass it.
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Sep 20, 2010
When Nelly was nine years old, she came to the United States with her parents. Scared and unable to speak the language, she was aware of one thing: that her parents came here to provide her with a better life, and that she would do all that she could...
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa added his voice Monday to those of a number of elected officials, labor leaders and others supporting the so-called Dream Act, federal legislation that would provide a path to legal status for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who arrived in the United States as youngsters.
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