The Right to DREAM
United We DREAM steps up pressure for relief and launches the “Right to DREAM” campaign with twenty-two events scheduled on its day of action: May 17th, 2012.…
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05/16/12 In 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Florida raided the home of Adolfo Garcia and Julio Diaz, reportedly in search of human traffickers. Although no one in the home was involved in trafficking, the agents stormed the house…
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05/16/12 Tomorrow, United We Dream (UWD) is hosting rallies, marches and protests as part of its “Right to DREAM” campaign’s National Day of Action. Frustrated with the Obama Administration, undocumented youth around the country are calling on President Obama to keep…
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05/16/12 Today marks the last day of the current Alabama legislative session, where state senators will take one last stab at passing another ill-conceived anti-immigrant bill. As legislators consider another “tweak” bill today, their efforts will be blocked by individuals who…
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05/15/12 On December 18, 2010, for the first time in history, the DREAM Act came to a vote in the United States Senate. However, the bill never got to final passage. It was blocked by a Senate procedure called the filibuster. Under…
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05/15/12 Last week, we wrote about a mother named Norma Galindo Gonzalez, a deeply loved mother and church leader in Colorado whom ICE had detained and was ready to deport.
Good news: After an outcry from hundreds of supporters around the state, attention from the media…
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Last week, we wrote about a mother named Norma Galindo Gonzalez, a deeply loved mother and church leader in Colorado whom ICE had detained and was ready to deport. Good news: After an outcry from hundreds of supporters around the state, attention from the media… (05/15/12) »
Yesterday we wrote about the “Right to DREAM” campaign that United We Dream is launching, the declaration of students from all over the country that they have a right to live with their families without fear. As we head into… (05/15/12) »
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez is one of the names bantered about as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney. She’s a Latina from a swing state, and Romney has a serious deficit with Hispanic voters. But Martinez appears to… (05/15/12) »
Record high deportations, Secure Communities and 287g enforcement programs, and millions of people still living in the shadows – This is the Obama Administration’s mark on immigration policy. Undocumented youth and their allies aren’t having it any longer. They’re speaking… (05/14/12) »
Perhaps one of the most notable things about the lawsuit the Department of Justice filed against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio last week is its breadth. Arpaio is being charged with quite a range of offenses, from mistreating Latino prisoners to mass… (05/14/12) »
Since the early stages of the GOP primary, Mitt Romney has championed extremist immigration policies like “self-deportation,” a radical right-wing strategy that aims to purge America of the 11 million undocumented immigrants already in our country. This policy, developed by… (05/14/12) »
Obama Administration Policy to Protect Crime Victims Ignored, Community Leaders and Legal Experts Tell DHS to Do the Right Thing for Adolfo and Julio Miami, FL –In 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Florida raided the home of… (05/16/12) »
Farmers Reduce Production, Take Other Drastic Measures Since the early stages of the GOP primary, Mitt Romney has championed extremist immigration policies like “self-deportation,” a radical right strategy that aims to purge America of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in… (05/14/12) »
Ron Brownstein captures the results of a new National Journal poll on immigration quite succinctly: “On immigration, most Americans favor the velvet glove—and the iron fist.” For years, anti-immigration groups have exploited Americans’ frustration with the broken immigration system to… (05/09/12) »
RNC Hispanic Outreach Director Inclán Criticizes Obama’s Record Deportations, While Romney Pledges More RNC Hispanic Outreach Director Bettina Inclán created a media firestorm yesterday when she said that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is “still deciding what his position… (05/09/12) »
Huffington Post Exposes Backers of GOP Bill that Empowers Abusers House Republicans have hijacked this year’s reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for political purposes. Instead of protecting all victims of domestic violence, the GOP bill approved by… (05/09/12) »
Orlando Sentinel Look at I-4 Corridor Captures Personal Nature of Immigration Debate for Many Latinos Political analysts are in agreement that Latino voters will help shape the outcome in numerous 2012 battleground states – and perhaps determine the presidency in… (05/07/12) »
