News about one of the lucky 900 today: Pedro Gutierrez, a 22-year old Arizonan, has been granted a one-year stay of deportation, thanks to DREAM activists and DREAM Act supporters all over the nation.
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The Maryland State Senate is beginning its deliberations on legislation to grant in-state tuition to the state's undocumented students. Casa de Maryland has more information on this bill, which is called the "Maryland DREAM."
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Hundreds of students gathered outside the State House in Annapolis this week to try to build support for one of the most high-profile immigration bills of the legislative session. Lawmakers on Wednesday morning are set to debate a measure that would give illegal immigrants a path to paying in-state...
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Students from several Phoenix-area high schools walked out of classes late Friday morning and began a trek to the Arizona State Capitol to protest anti-immigration legislation. By 1 p.m. about 100 students had managed to make it to the Capitol mall and were protesting in small, scattered groups, some...
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In a Huffington Post piece today, Cornell University President David J. Skorton reminds us that immigration has always been a net benefit for this country and makes the case for immigration reform—especially for students.
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Mar 2, 2011
In December 2005 H.R. 4437, aka the "Sensenbrenner Bill" was passed by the House of Representatives and the issue of immigration became front page news in American politics.
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As I was coming off the plane from Indiana this weekend, a Latina flight attended tabbed my "I support the DREAM Act" pin and said "me too." Two years ago, I would have been surprised that someone I didn't know would recognize my DREAM Act pin and...
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This very powerful statement from African-American and Latino religious leaders was issued in advance of today's House hearing on immigration issues.
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This week, Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock announced his plans to run against Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) for the Republican nomination in the 2012 Senate race.
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As anti-immigrant attitudes in the US intensify, Geri Mannion & Taryn Higashi, co-founders of the program, felt the need to honor fifteen people who would normally go unrecognized for the courage they've demonstrated in standing up for immigrants or refugees.
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