Today, we’re launching the first in what will be a regular series of posts from the DREAMers of the Campaign for an American DREAM. Last month, they set off from San Francisco to begin a 3,000-mile, 8-month+ walk to Washington, DC to call attention to the DREAM Act and...
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Sen. Marco Rubio's recent proposal to offer a "conservative-Republican alternative" to the DREAM Act continues to draw criticism from media outlets that say it could result in "a half-measure that produces only a different sort of legal limbo" for immigrants.
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Writing at Huffington Post, Rep. Luis Gutierrez lets loose on Republican Senators, including Marco Rubio, for their craven attempt to score cheap political points at the expense of the DREAMers. Gutierrez blasts what he calls the "Stolen Dreams" Act.
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Writing at Huffington Post, Rep. Luis Gutierrez lets loose on Republican Senators, including Marco Rubio, for their craven attempt to score cheap political points at the expense of the DREAMers. Gutierrez blasts what he calls the "Stolen Dreams" Act.
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In an interview with Juan Williams on Sunday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio explained that he doesn't support The DREAM Act --- a measure supported by 90% of U.S. Latinos -- because it would encourage "chain migration" and illegal immigration.
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Stirrings in the Senate Republican caucus suggest that some members are seeking a way to smooth the party's bumpy relations with Hispanic voters. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida says he is working on legislation to enable illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to gain some form...
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Word is leaking from the Senate that Republicans, facing stiff and well-deserved opposition from most Hispanic voters, are crafting a bill similar to but not nearly as good as the DREAM Act, a bill to legalize the immigration status of young people who grew up in the United States...
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On Tuesday The Hill reported Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was drafting an alternative Dream Act that he hoped to bring to Congress in the near future. The newspaper that covers Congress said Rubio offered no specifics on how his bill would differ from previous versions of the Development, Relief...
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I recently met Daniela and Dayanna Pelaez, two exceptional young Floridians from Miami whose struggles to gain citizenship this paper has documented well. Within the complicated immigration debate, Daniela and Dayanna represent an area of common ground.
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