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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Education officials in Georgia voted Wednesday to bar illegal immigrants from attending the state's five most selective public colleges, a decision that immigrant rights groups threatened to challenge in court.
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Oct 6, 2010
The issue of benefits for illegal immigrants landed at the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, as out-of-state students challenged a law allowing anyone who has graduated from a California high school to pay in-state tuition at a public university, regardless of immigration status.
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On a press conference call held yesterday, experts on Latino voter political engagement and immigration reform discussed the findings of the Latino Decisions polling and efforts by organizations such as Mi Familia Vota Civic Participation Campaign to turn out immigrant and Latino voters in November.
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With today being the last day to register to vote in many states, those who "DREAM" of having the right to cast a ballot have launched the "Vote4Me" campaign in conjunction with VotoLatino.
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