Via Culture Kitchen's Liza Sabater, Massachussetts Senator Scott Brown has come out with an ugly attack on the DREAM Act, attempting to smear Harvard University's President in the process. Of course, the irony is thick: the reason that ROTC is banned from Harvard's campus is that the program... Continue »
In a small classroom at Portland State, the university president, two elected officials and a pack of students rallied Tuesday around a cell phone delivering the voice of Hector Lopez. "I want go home to Portland," said Lopez, 20, from Mexico City. "I spent my life in America." Continue »
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell had the guts to say it like it is on national television. In straightforward terms, Powell had the audacity to declare that illegal immigrants do essential work in the U.S. Continue »
In the second part of his interview with Telemundo, President Barack Obama declared that since he's not the king or emperor of the United States, he can't unilaterally change immigration law. After Tuesday's vote blocked addition of the DREAM Act to a Senate bill, Republicans who voted against it... Continue »
The less publicized part of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act is that the Pentagon is pushing for it as a means to staff the armed forces. Continue »
For many, the Senate's failure to pass the DREAM Act was disappointing but not surprising. Activists said the vote proved which lawmakers are standing in their way. Continue »
The history of the DREAM Act has been marked by high hopes and wrenching defeats. In the eyes of immigrant rights advocates, it's inexplicable why a bill aimed at helping college students and young military personnel get their immigration papers could face such stiff resistance. Continue »
President Obama suggested that he would not pursue reforms to the immigration system through regulations or other administrative policies. Continue »
Representative Brian Bilbray (R-CA), who chairs the House Immigration Reform Caucus, wrote an anti-DREAM Act screed in The Hill that takes anti-immigrant politicking to a new and dangerous low. In the essay, "Something to consider before casting a vote for the DREAM Act," Bilbray noted the horrible massacre of 72... Continue »
It was an emotional day for everyone, but as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the floor of the Senate yesterday, "it is not a matter of if we pass the DREAM Act, but when." Illinois Senator Dick Durbin said yesterday that the DREAM Act is now his... Continue »