DreamActivist

New York has become a battle ground. I’m not joking. We have until June to pass the New York Dream Act and all hands are on deck coordinating events, from calling, petitioning, to over night vigils and weeks of action. As the end of the legislative session approaches, efforts to get the bill up for [...]

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Probably a sign of how other top democrats are going to fall on this bill. WASHINGTON — San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro warned Wednesday that a Republican-proposed DREAM Act without a path to citizenship for children brought to this country illegally was akin to “cotton candy politics.” “It smells good, it might even taste good, but [...]

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This new radio styled project is another way for you to connect with the growing DREAMer movement.  You can RSVP for the show here, as soon as you do you’ll be provided with call-in instructions. Tonight’s show is going to be a good one, we’ll be talking with a few undocumented leaders from across the [...]

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Do you remember the 13 arrested in Alabama this past November? Well now 10 of  the 13 are facing trial in Alabama on February 27th. All 10, Alma, Martin, Belem, Catalina, Nico, Krsna, Jaime, Fernanda, Mysia and Cynthia are ready to get back to Alabama to continue to fight and show the real power of [...]

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The Republican primary is in full swing, and over th etrajectory of this whole spectacle we have observed frontrunners Romney and Gingrich lay out their views on immigration. From Romney’s ridiculous “self-deportation”spectacle to Gingrich’s half-baked DREAM Act, we can say that the immigration rhetoric is fueling up this election year and there seems to be no [...]

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My name is Heyra Avila, I’m 16 years young and a high school student at Larry A. Ryle in Union, Kentucky. I’ve unfortunately lived in Florence, KY for nearly 12 years now; ever since my parents brought me from Veracruz, Mexico at the age of 4. I was pretty much always aware that I was [...]

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I was born in Mexico City in 1994. I was brought to the US at the age of 3, and I remember as a young kid I loved this place. Here is where I grew up, excelling in elementary and middle school with high grades. I knew I would be someone important one day. In [...]

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We all have days or weeks (months or years, even!) during which we feel that we are failing, struggling, drowning. Fighting a battle that cannot be won. Maybe you felt that way upon hearing that Yanelli was deported, despite the phone calls we made and the emails we sent. Maybe you felt that way after [...]

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We need your help. We called the local jail where Yanelli was being held and she is missing. She is not being held there any longer. We think she has been moved to the airport for deportation to Mexico. Yanelli’s attorney has not been notified of any decision. After thousands of calls from all of [...]

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The following letter was written by Yanelli to her mother in September of last year. After attempting suicide while in detention, officials at the facility placed her in solitary confinement, naked, and placed her on Prozac. Right now she is sitting in detention awaiting an 8AM deportation, despite needing serious medical attention and the love [...]

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