Oct 31, 2010
Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic majority leader fighting to hold his seat in Nevada, said on Sunday he planned to bring the Dream Act legislation to a vote in the post-election session of Congress.
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Illinois' Senate race is one of the closest in the nation, and Latino voters could make the difference. The video will be distributed to over 50,000 online activists and youth, immigrant and Latino networks Today, America's Voice and Illinois Immigrant Action have teamed up to release a humorous...
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College student Steve Li found out he was a fugitive on Sept. 15, when immigration agents arrived at sunrise at his Ingleside district home. "One day, I was getting ready to go to school," said the 20-year-old student at City College of San Francisco. "The next day I was...
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Oct 21, 2010
Leslie, a history major at the University of California at Los Angeles and an aspiring marathon runner with three part-time jobs and plans for grad school, keeps a neatly folded dark blue T-shirt in her closet among her jeans and her U.C.L.A. Bruins sweatshirt.
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The DREAM Act will not be taken up before the midterm elections, but support for the popular measure continues to grow. Here are some DREAM happenings you might have missed.
Last week, Rosario Dawson explained why she's so passionate about the DREAM Act and why we all need to get...
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Huffington Post: "Giannoulias said unequivocally that he supports the DREAM Act, which would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children and are pursuing higher education. He also said he believes the country needs comprehensive immigration reform and applauded Sen. Dick Durbin...
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Javier is a clean-cut high school senior. He had just celebrated completing his application to Georgia State University when he learned the University System of Georgia passed a policy that prohibits five public universities from taking undocumented students.
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Oct 19, 2010
President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order to improve Hispanic children's educational opportunities.
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Miriam Torres is a 20-year-old honor student from Roswell, Georgia who wants to attend Georgia Tech to study biomedical engineering. As Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Maureen Downey reported, tuition costs were already posing a barrier to attending college, and now, thanks to a 14-2 vote by the state Board of...
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Yesterday afternoon we tweeted about the end of MTV's Presidential Townhall, which touched on immigration. Here is what the President actually said -- leave us a comment with what you thought!
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