Over the weekend, House GOP leaders have been making positive noises about holding votes on immigration reform next year. We need to keep up the pressure to make sure that happens. So far, those House leaders have allowed only one immigration vote: Steve King’s amendment to defund DACA and...
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Wearing t-shirts that said “DREAM Army,” a group of DREAMers led by the DRM Action Coalition demonstrated in front of the Capitol today in favor of allowing young immigrants to join the armed forces. A press conference followed, during which a collection of Congressmembers from both sides of the...
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The following is a press statement from United We DREAM: Dreamers’ Moms Join with United We Dream to Escalate Action Pressuring Obama and Congress This morning, dozens of undocumented parents, part of the nationwide network of “Dreamers’ Moms,” protested outside the office of Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) with four...
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The following is a press release from United We DREAM on their civil disobedience at an Arizona detention facility last night: Action Shines Spotlight on Need for Immigration Reform and End to Deportations Now Late last night, leaders from United We Dream and the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, an...
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In an interview today with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) made it clear that his opposition to a path to citizenship extends to DREAMers – young Americans in all but their paperwork. Said Goodlatte: But, even for them, I would say that they get...
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The following is a press release from United We DREAM: Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which protects many DREAMers from deportation and provides them the opportunity to work and fulfill their dreams. DACA is the most significant victory for immigrant...
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A US district court in Texas today dismissed Kris Kobach’s lawsuit against the deferred action (DACA) program which has for almost a year now granted DREAMers temporary relief from deportation. The suit was dismissed on procedural grounds, and the court held that the Civil Service Reform Act–a law governing...
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The following is a press release from United We DREAM: Broad Coalition Rejects Efforts That Would Lead to Second-Class Status for Millions As the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on immigrant youth, a diverse range of advocates for immigration reform joined DREAMers and Members of Congress to denounce...
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By Yoli Navas: In the 1600’s, the English founded colonies in the “New World” in order to live free with their families and to be free from religious persecution. They came to the New World in search of better opportunities. When the English government began to overtax the American...
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By Amanda Bonilla: Claiming freedom, equality, justice, and citizenship as human rights, yesterday over five hundred United We Dream leaders and their family members from across the nation converged together to carry out a massive symbolic citizenship ceremony. Prior to the Republican caucus meeting over immigration reform, the Dreamers...
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