Video of President Obama’s remarks on Friday about the immigration policy announcement concerning prosecutorial discretion for the DREAMers. The President several times emphasized in his remarks that this “is the right thing to do for the American people.” (4)
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From Immigration Prof Blog: The National Immigration Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the Immigrant Defense Project, the Washington Defenders Association, and the National Immigration Law Center have produced a new resource for organizers and advocates to prevent deportations in our communities: The All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests.…
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From America’s Voice: Mitt Romney flat-out said he would veto the DREAM Act, and Newt Gingrich says he’ll weaken it. By doing so, they would both deny the dreams of so many young undocumented immigrants who want to give back to the country they call home. Here’s the bottom line:…
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From ThinkProgress: Joaquin Luna, an 18-year-old undocumented immigrant in Texas, committed suicide Friday night because of his immigration status, family members said. Letters Luna wrote before his death showed that he was worried his immigration status would keep him from achieving his dreams of being an engineer, and he had…
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From Colorlines: For most undocumented immigrants today, Alabama is a place to flee from, not to flock to. Not so for a dozen immigrant youth and a small contingent of parents, all of them undocumented, who’ve arrived in Alabama to tell their stories at an action planned this afternoon in…
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The Illinois DREAM Act (SB2185), legislation that would offer undocumented youth better access to higher education, passed in the Illinois House of Representatives on a bipartisan 60-54 vote. SB 2185 was sponsored in the House by Rep. Edward Acevedo. The Illinois DREAM Act will establish a privately-funded Illinois DREAM Fund,…
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President Obama is expected to kick off a series of community conversations on immigration reform. Last year, even when Democrats controlled both the Senate and the House, Congress could not pass the DREAM Act, a bill aimed at providing upstanding young undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship. With Republicans…
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