Posts Tagged ‘immigration reform 2010’
Harry Reid will bring the DREAM Act to the floor as a standalone bill
Posted: November 17, 2010 at 6:21 pm By Rachel LaBruyereVia, America’s Voice comes the news that Senator Harry Reid will bring the DREAM Act to the floor of the Senate to be voted on as a stand alone bill. According to the Senator’s office, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now plans to bring the Dream Actup for a vote as a stand-alone measure after Thanksgiving [...]
Who doesn’t want to DREAM? The fight heats up for the DREAM Act
Posted: November 17, 2010 at 4:12 pm By Rachel LaBruyereLast night, news broke that President Obama is backing a push for the DREAM Act, after meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Representative Luis Gutierrez, who was present at yesterday’s meeting, shared this remark afterwards: “It is not the time to hesitate or be unclear about what we are fighting for,” said Rep. Luis Gutierrez [...]
Senator Menendez may meet with Obama
Posted: November 15, 2010 at 7:11 pm By Rachel LaBruyereToday, news broke that Senator Menendez, who introduced his own comprehensive immigration reform bill last month, said that he may be meeting with President Obama as soon as this week to reach “an agreement” on an immigration bill during the lame duck session of Congress. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) told reporters on Monday that he [...]
Will the DREAM Act go to vote, again?
Posted: November 15, 2010 at 6:26 pm By Rachel LaBruyereAs Congress heads into their last session before newly elected members take their seats, the question on all of our minds is: will we see another vote on the DREAM Act? Everybody agrees that pushing through any legislation will be even more difficult with the incoming Congress – one small example is that Rep. Lamar [...]
The Latino vote by the numbers
Posted: November 4, 2010 at 11:16 am By LloydTuesday night’s victories for Senators Harry Reid (NV) and Michael Bennet (CO) were a surprise to pollsters and pundits. Both had been trailing their Tea Party Republican opponents in polling prior to the election, and most had considered the two toast. So why were the polls wrong? Nate Silver wonders if the Latino vote was [...]
Election Day: Tell us your story (show us those stickers!)
Posted: November 2, 2010 at 8:00 am By Rachel LaBruyereYou know what today is. We’ve only been talking about it for weeks. I know, all those emails, all those text messages all of those reminders – it’s been a lot. But the good news is, today it’s all over. Today, across the country, people just like you are heading to the polls to pull [...]
Election Day in t-minus 24 hours: Immigration news roundup
Posted: November 1, 2010 at 12:51 pm By Rachel LaBruyereTomorrow is the big day. As you prepare to head to the polls, here’s some immigration news to keep in mind. This campaign season has been dominated by discussions of the economy and jobs. Guess what boosts both? The current skepticism has deadlocked prospects for immigration reform, even though no one is particularly happy with [...]
Voter Story: Rim will vote for the 2nd time ever on Election Day
Posted: October 28, 2010 at 10:50 am By Rachel LaBruyereFrom the We Are America immigrant stories project. Rim will be voting for the second time ever and convinced her whole family to register in 2008. Check out her story. And GO VOTE!
We Are America: First Time Voters Shares his Story
Posted: October 22, 2010 at 11:50 am By Rachel LaBruyereReverend Eardley Mendis is a priest at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in the southside of Chicago. He immigrated to the United States from Sri Lanka and in the November 2010 elections he and his daughter will be voting for the first time. (Cross-posted from the We Are America stories site)
Brave but not Reckless: NY Times profiles DREAM act women
Posted: October 22, 2010 at 10:06 am By Rachel LaBruyereYesterday’s New York Times featured some familiar names for many in the movement. Reporter Maggie Hall profile four of the women leaders at the forefront of the DREAM Act movement. The full article is a must-read, but below are a few excerpts. Dream leaders talked about Martin Luther King and sit-ins at lunch counters. They consulted [...]
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