Sep 15, 2010
The DREAM Act is bipartisan legislation that enables high-achieving young people – immigrants who have been raised here, have worked hard in school, and then pursue higher education or serve in the military – to achieve the American Dream. Here are a list of reasons to support the...
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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) will meet with President Barack Obama on Thursday to discuss next week's Senate action on the DREAM Act and the path ahead for comprehensive immigration reform.
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Immigrant families have a long and proud tradition of serving in the U.S. military and giving back to their adopted country. Currently, almost eight percent of the U.S. armed forces are foreign-born. Many military leaders support the DREAM Act as a way of helping the nation's armed...
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Today’s top story in the Spanish-language press is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) announcement yesterday that he plans to introduce the DREAM Act, which would legalize undocumented youth, as an amendment to the defense appropriations bill to be debated in the Senate next week. Senate to vote on...
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Sep 14, 2010
As Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano led a naturalization ceremony for more than 5,000 new Americans at Fenway Park, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Tuesday pitched a bill requiring federal authorities to take a more "humane" approach when enforcing immigration laws.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced plans to push for the so-called Dream Act as part of the defense authorization legislation (along with a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell). The comprehensive immigration reform effort is all but dead this year.
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Big news out of the Capitol today, as Harry Reid announced this afternoon that he plans to introduce the DREAM Act -- which would allow young people brought to the U.S. as children to obtain legal status and contribute to their communities -- as an amendment to the defense...
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Yesterday we pointed out that each year about 65,000 students graduate from high school with zero prospects for the future. They live in constant fear of being deported. The DREAM Act would change that. Seventy percent of Americans agree that it makes no moral or economic sense to...
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute conference that Congress needs to get serious about reforming the immigration system, and Latinos need to make their voices heard by voting. She also expressed the President's support for the DREAM Act, which Jorge Ramos endorses elsewhere in...
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Sep 13, 2010
As we reported earlier, you all sent tens of thousands of messages to Congress and DHS this month. You asked them to stop the deportation of two upstanding people -- Marlen Moreno and Ivan Nikolov -- who would qualify to stay in the U.S. under the DREAM Act. With...
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