We Are Coming Out for Our Sister: a self-deported Dreamer

On the day of their sister’s 26th birthday, two undocumented brothers write about why they haven’t seen her in three years, why we need immigration reform as soon as possible, and why we need to march.

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Encounter of Regional DREAM ACTivists Recap

On November 14, Jovenes por el DREAM Act of St. Sabina’s Parish in Belton, Missouri, – a group of students who would either benefit from the DREAM Act or people supporting it – pulled off an event that they’d been working on for three months.

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It has been a great week. Walter Lara is no longer in deportation. Marie Gonzalez also received a stay till 2010 yesterday. Wisconsin became the 11th state to officially grant in-state tuition. We have major …

Marie Gonzalez Wins Another Deferment

Many of us may remember and look up to Marie Gonzalez from her testimony on behalf of thousands of DREAM Act students last year. Well, the good news is that she has been granted another …

Immigrant Students Ask for a Chance at College

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
BYLINE: ERIC HOOVERDozens of immigrant students, many wearing caps and gowns, held a mock commencement on Capitol Hill last week in support of pending federal legislation that could help them earn real …