Posts Tagged ‘immigration reform 2010’
DREAM Act Solidarity
Posted: December 15, 2010 at 4:10 pm By LloydAs we get closer and closer to a vote on the DREAM Act, supporters are banding together and ramping up activity to make sure key Senators hear from pro-DREAM voices. In Salinas, California, local students have teamed up with the United Food Workers to set up a phone bank mobilizing Latino voters to call Senators [...]
Who are Senate Republicans representing?
Posted: December 10, 2010 at 12:47 pm By LloydThe media has finally started to catch on to Senate Republicans’ blatant and unbelievable obstruction. In their steadfast effort to keep tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans, they have stood in the way of numerous vital and popular bills. Obviously the DREAM Act has been caught in their snare, along with other measures [...]
Dana Rohrabacher and the DREAM vote
Posted: December 9, 2010 at 3:17 pm By LloydLast night, during the House vote on the DREAM Act, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California said this: “It is not being cold-hearted to acknowledge that every dollar spent on illegal immigrants is one dollar less than our own children, our own senior citizens, and for all those who are in this society who played by [...]
The DREAM Act passes in the House!
Posted: December 9, 2010 at 10:06 am By Rachel LaBruyereLast night, the House of Representatives made history by passing the DREAM Act by 218 votes. It was an emotional night for so many people who have been fighting for this legislation – some of them for 10 years. One of our partners at Voces de la Frontera summarized the emotions well here. Basically, this [...]
DREAM Act: “The light is inside us”
Posted: December 8, 2010 at 1:51 pm By Rachel LaBruyereFor your daily dose of DREAMer inspiration, check out Gaby Pacheco talking to fellow DREAMers while lobbying Congress this week. Click here to call in and hear Gaby’s story. Then tell your Representative to vote YES on the DREAM Act later today.
Obama steps up for the DREAM Act
Posted: December 7, 2010 at 12:51 pm By LloydPresident Obama’s Organizing For America has a new video out urging Congress to pass the DREAM Act: Watch the video, and then make a call for the DREAM Act. Just enter your phone number and zip code in the box, and we’ll call you back right away. You’ll hear from a DREAMer, Gaby, about why [...]
What happened in California?
Posted: December 6, 2010 at 1:32 pm By LloydBefore November’s midterm election, The Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes was in California, touting Carly Fiorina as the Republican who would finally defeat Sen. Barbara Boxer: … In each of her three previous Senate races, there was a moment when Republicans thought they would defeat her. In 1992, the supposed electoral “year of the woman,” she [...]
Another voice for the DREAM Act
Posted: December 1, 2010 at 3:12 pm By adminFollowing in the steps of President Obama and Defense Secretary Gates, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has come out in support of the DREAM Act: By opening the American Dream of college for these bright, talented youth, we will unleash an academic force into the U.S. higher-education system. The result will be a new generation [...]
Making the DREAM a reality: news roundup
Posted: November 29, 2010 at 1:24 pm By Rachel LaBruyereWith Congress returning from the Thanksgiving recess, a vote on the DREAM Act could happen as early as this week. Today and tomorrow there are events across the country, calling for immediate passage of the DREAM Act. DREAMers are fasting for justice in Texas and Indiana. The fasting has spread to multiple locations in Texas, [...]
Gov. Edgar Supports DREAM Act, New Videos to Sen. Mark Kirk, Say, “Illinois Dreams Together”
Posted: November 29, 2010 at 10:43 am By Jackie MahendraOriginally posted on the America’s Voice blog. Over the weekend, one of Illinois’ most respected Republican voices, former Governor Jim Edgar, penned an op-ed in support of the Dream Act. Via the Chicago Tribune: A rational approach to comprehensive immigration reform should begin with the young people who were brought here as babies, toddlers and [...]
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