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 the big National Day of Action this Thursday, we wanted to share with you a [...]
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05/14/12 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 truth to power through a new campaign called the Right to DREAM. “Enough is enough…through [...]
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05/14/12 We’ve been publishing a series of posts from the DREAMers of the Campaign for an American DREAM.  In March, 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 the need for immigration reform. Today’s post is from Lucas Da Silva, one of the first [...]
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05/07/12 Sunday’s New York Times featured a profile on “The Powers of New York,” described as: Influence in New York is now wielded by a larger and more diverse array of people. As part of a special issue of Metropolitan, here’s a look at who is at the top and who may be on the way, as [...]
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05/07/12 We’ve been publishing a series of posts from the DREAMers of the Campaign for an American DREAM.  In March, 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 the need for immigration reform. Today’s post is from Raymi Gutierrez, a student pursuing a BS [...]
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05/02/12 What’s up with Marco Rubio? The senator from Florida has a newfound interest in protecting immigrant youth, and it has raised both some eyebrows and many questions. Famously among immigrant rights activists, Marco Rubio has been known as the Hispanic politician who is way out of touch with the Hispanic community. He’s catered to his tea [...]
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04/30/12 We’ve been publishing a series of posts from the DREAMers of the Campaign for an American DREAM.  In March, 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 the need for immigration reform. Today’s post is from Nicolas Gonzalez, a DREAMer from [...]
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04/27/12 Today, Dream Activist brings us news of a ninth grader who is scheduled to be deported this coming Sunday. According to their petition: Victoria was brought to the US when she was only 3 years old. Carina, Victoria’s mother wanted to give her little girl a better future, something she couldn’t do in Argentina. She [...]
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04/23/12 We’ve been publishing a 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 the need for immigration reform. Today’s post is from Veronica Gomez, a DREAMer from the San [...]
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04/20/12 Republicans are looking for a way to shore up their historically low standing with Latino voters.  Senator Marco Rubio is reportedly developing a more Republican-friendly version of the DREAM Act in part to do just that. Enter Senator John Cornyn of Texas.  In 2010 he called attempts to pass the DREAM Act a political stunt.  [...]
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04/16/12 We’ve been publishing a 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 the need for immigration reform. Today’s post is from Jonatan Martinez, a DREAMer from [...]
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04/12/12 It was last year that we first told you about Pedro Gutierrez, a DREAMer from Arizona who aspires to become a Marine, who came to the US when he was 7.  His grandmother, his only caretaker, died when he was still a child, leaving him an orphan.  But Pedro rallied, and with the help of [...]
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04/10/12 Colorado is one step closer to passing a bill that would discount tuition for undocumented students seeking to attend college in the state, reports the Denver Post. The measure passed the state Senate yesterday by a 20 Democrat – 14 Republican party-line vote, and now moves onto the state House, where Republicans hold a one-seat [...]
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04/03/12 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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04/03/12 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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03/29/12 The news that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) endorsed Mitt Romney for President has led to another round of pundit speculation about Rubio's vice presidential prospects, which Rubio demurely "rejects." But the chatter continues because some within the GOP apparently think that adding Rubio to the ticket could help the Party recover from its free-fall with Latino voters.
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03/28/12 Earlier this week, The Hill newspaper reported that Senate Republicans, led by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), are pursuing an alternative, stripped down version of the DREAM Act in an attempt to improve the Party's standing with Latino voters.
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03/27/12 California's GOP primary isn't until June 5, but frontrunner Mitt Romney is spending part of this week in California fundraising, which means that the DREAMers bird-dogging him have big plans in California too.
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03/22/12 Congressional Quarterly reports that Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) is planning to introduce a dramatically stripped down version of the DREAM Act -- and it doesn't pass the legislative or political laugh test.
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03/22/12 Congressional Quarterly reports that Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) is planning to introduce a dramatically stripped down version of the DREAM Act -- and it doesn't pass the legislative or political laugh test.
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03/12/12 In what appears to be a desperate and craven effort to appeal to Latino voters, Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) has introduced a weakened version of the DREAM Act. Noting the hypocrisy and cruelness of Rivera's bill, DREAMers reject the legislation - and ask not to leave any of them behind.
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03/08/12 Yesterday, Miami-area high school valedictorian Daniela Pelaez and her sister, Dayana, came to Washington to meet with U.S. Representatives and Senators from Florida. The sisters, both of whom would benefit from the DREAM Act, recently won an administrative reprieve from deportation for two years.
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03/07/12 DREAMers from the DRM Capitol Group have been hot on Mitt Romney's tail, following him to campaign stop after campaign stop in Arizona, Nevada, Florida, and New York to hold him accountable for his promise to veto the DREAM Act.
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03/06/12 North Miami High School senior Daniela Palaez has a 6.7 GPA, the valedictory nod from her classmates, a brother in the U.S. Army and deportation papers to Colombia.
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03/05/12 According to a new poll from FOX News, "Latino voters favor President Barack Obama by six-to-one over any of the Republican presidential hopefuls." None of the GOP hopefuls garner more than 14% of the Latino vote against Obama.
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03/01/12 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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02/29/12 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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