DREAMers in Arizona, Florida, and Washington DC staged coordinated rallies today for their National Day of Action, designed to draw attention to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and his anti-immigrant positions on the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. Participating groups include Presente Action and United We Dream.
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Yesterday, in Phoenix, AZ, undocumented youth and allies with the DRM Capitol Group, the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition and others delivered approximately 8,000 petitions to the Arizona Republican Party headquarters, urging Republican candidates to stop opposing the DREAM Act and to change their rhetoric on immigration.
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Yesterday, in Phoenix, AZ, undocumented youth and allies with the DRM Capitol Group, the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition and others delivered approximately 8,000 petitions to the Arizona Republican Party headquarters, urging Republican candidates to stop opposing the DREAM Act and to change their rhetoric on immigration.
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A group of Latino voters is trying to keep immigration at the forefront of the presidential race in Arizona and elsewhere. DRM Capitol Group, a national lobbying group representing undocumented youth, working together with the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, today delivered 8,000 signatures on petitions to the Arizona Republican...
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Last night, DREAM Act eligible undocumented youth and allies – including civil rights icon and co-founder of United Farm Workers, Dolores Huerta – made their presence known outside of the GOP presidential candidate's debate in Phoenix. Standing in front of a massive banner which read: "DREAM Act Now"...
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While the GOP presidential candidates were pandering to Sheriff Joe Arpaio and embracing a hardline immigration stance at the debate in Mesa, Arizona last night, DREAMers were making their presence known outside the event, rallying for the DREAM Act and calling attention to Mitt Romney's promise to veto it.
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Outside of the CNN GOP debate in Arizona tonight, Dreamers and immigrant rights advocates -- such as lifetime activist Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm Workers -- will be protesting the Republican candidates and their anti-immigrant rhetoric, which includes their support for hateful legislation such as the original "papers,...
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"Dreamers" — or undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally when they were young — have grown up in public schools, and many of them want to go to college. They also want to become citizens.
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A new report released today by the Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland details the many ways in which immigrants of all stripes lift up Maryland's economy, and recommends steps the state should take to preserve a healthy relationship with all of its residents.
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Feb 16, 2012
A Winston-Salem man wore a graduation gown and a mask Wednesday. Speaking in front of about 50 people during a meeting sponsored by the Latino Club at Winston-Salem State University, he said his parents brought him to the United States when he was 8.
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