Jul 27, 2010
With action on comprehensive immigration reform stalled due to partisan politics, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has started talking about what can pass now, and he's looking at the DREAM Act. The bipartisan legislation, which would give legal residency to undocumented youth under the condition they go to college...
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Hundreds of courageous student activists from across the country descended upon Washington last week to raise awareness and fight for the DREAM Act.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is embracing the need to move on the DREAM Act this year, providing a shot of momentum to a measure that enjoys bipartisan support. If enacted, the DREAM Act would serve as an important step towards comprehensive immigration reform.
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Following a story in yesterday's Washington Post, the Spanish-language press leads with new numbers showing that deportations are still higher under the Obama administration than they were under Bush--while a new poll shows that the president's majority support among Latinos is threatened by a split in assessment of his...
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Jul 26, 2010
Cross-Posted at Citizen Orange. The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign that launched Monday, July 19, to underscore the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S. 729, would help tens of thousands...
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The DREAM Now letters to follow each week, from undocumented young people who feel they must tell their stories, will be used to call attention to the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act without further delay. Please get involved by posting the letters on your blog, your facebook...
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The demonstration yesterday by activists calling for passage of the DREAM Act, which would legalize young people who had completed at least two years of college or enlisted in the military (in addition to fulfilling other requirements), is one of the lead stories in the Spanish-language media this morning....
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With today's "graduation ceremony" for DREAM activists in Washington, questions resurface about how the bill legalizing undocumented young people will move forward. As the border prepares to receive National Guard troops, controversy remains over the death of Anastasio Hernández in Border Guard custody; and the list released in Utah...
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Editor's note: CNN reports on today's DC DREAM Act mobilization, in "Students Lobby to Become Citizens." America's Voice is a proud founding partner of the new DREAM Now letter series, which launched today, July 19th, 2010. We expect the campaign to educate the public and our leaders in Washington...
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A national poll of 1,008 adults, conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for First Focus in June 2010, shows strong support for passing the DREAM Act, and for keeping decisions about in-state tuition rules regarding undocumented immigrants in the hands of the states. Support for the DREAM Act cuts...
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