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Hunger Striker Demands Release from Jail
12 Mar 2012 / Breaking News, Deportation, The DREAM ActRyan Sullivan reports that Attorneys for Winston-Salem activist Uriel Alberto – who is on a hunger strike lasting more than a week – plan to file a bond motion Tuesday in immigration court to try to get him out of the Wake County Jail: Alberto and two other protesters were charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct [...]
Latinos Say Immigration Issue is Personal
06 Mar 2012 / Deportation, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, The DREAM ActElizabeth Liorente of Fox News reports that Latinos see Immigration issue as personal, not political: It’s not a dinner table topic for many of them, or the sole issue that will influence whom they support for president in November. But Latinos still listen closely to what candidates say about immigration. A new Fox News Latino [...]
Will Immigration Reform Becoming a Reality Next Year?
29 Dec 2010 / Announcements, Immigration Reform, Legislative WatchImmigration reform had a high and a low in 2010. For example, on December 9, 2010, the House of Representatives passed the DREAM Act that would allow certain undocumented immigrants that were brought to the U.S. as young children who met requirements such as receipt of a college degree or having completed a certain amount of military service, would be legalized. However, [...]
House of Representatives Passes the DREAM Act
09 Dec 2010 / Announcements, Immigration Reform, News, The DREAM ActThe New York Times reported today that the House of Representatives passed the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 also known as the DREAM Act late last night by a vote of 216 to 198. This is great news for undocumented immigrant students that have been brought to the U.S. as children because [...]
Will the DREAM Act Pass and Become Law in the Near Future?
01 Dec 2010 / Announcements, Green Cards, Immigration Reform, NewsThe New York Times reported yesterday that immigrant advocate groups across the United States have come together to call on members of Congress to pass a bill that would legalize undocumented illegal immigrant students. This is an effort to have the legislation pass before Congress adjourns for the year and, while Democrats still have control in both chambers of Congress. [...]
Dream Act to be Reintroduced
18 Nov 2010 / Announcements, Green Cards, Immigration Reform, NewsThe New York Times reported yesterday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, would introduce a bill in the upcoming Congressional lame duck session to legalize certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, otherwise known as the DREAM Act. The Senator tried to introduce the DREAM Act as part of a larger military appropriations bill prior to the midterm elections. However, the [...]
Will the DREAM Act be Passed? Deportations of Immigrant Students on Hold.
10 Aug 2010 / Announcements, Deportation, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Legislative Watch, The DREAM ActThe New York Times reported yesterday that while the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) has been deporting record numbers of criminal aliens, the agency has been less focused on deporting undocumented immigrant students that were brought to the U.S. by their parents when they were children. In cases where immigrant students were identified and apprehended by immigration officials, the students were released from USICE custody and their [...]
Undocumented Immigrant Students Use Lessons Learned on the Civil Rights Movement
03 Jun 2010 / Announcements, Immigration Reform, The DREAM ActThe Orlando Sentinel reported that recently in Boston, immigrant students, the majority of them undocumented, gathered on the steps of the State Capitol voicing for the passage of immigration reform, particularly, the DREAM Act. Although rallies such as this have occurred in the past few years, this time, these students are taking a slightly different approach. That approach [...]
Undocumented Immigrant Students Becoming Bolder in their Fight for Legalization
11 Dec 2009 / Green Cards, Immigration Reform, Legislative Watch, The DREAM ActThe New York Times reported today that undocumented immigrant students, many of which were brought to the U.S. as children by their undocumented immigrant parents, have become more organized and are becoming a group to be reckoned with in their fight for the passage of the DREAM Act . Students have held street rallies in cities across the country, sent [...]
Supporters of the DREAM Act Uniting
10 Nov 2009 / Immigration Reform, The DREAM ActThe Miami Herald reported today that supporters of the DREAM Act are uniting to lobby the government to focus its attention on this legislation. For example, 25-year old Lizbeth Mateo, a native of Mexico and an undocumented immigrant who has lived in the U.S. for over ten years, earned a bachelor’s degree last year from California State University. Now that [...]
