DreamActivist

Please join the United We Dream Network in standing up for the DREAM Act four weeks from now. Since our graduation, we have stood up and slowed down deportations. On September 23rd, thousands of students all over the country will rise together and declare that it is Back to School DREAM ACT Day of Action.

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DreamACTivists Piash and Tam represent in this video along with several still images of other students who work on this site: This video comes from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The troubled economy is driving more and more illegal immigrants out of the country, yet one particular group of immigrants has no plans [...]

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March 26 is D-Day. Major immigration organizations are coming together for passage of the DREAM Act this year. NCLR has a call alert that people can type their zip codes into and use for tomorrow’s call in effort. FIRM has lent its text messaging system to immigrant youth activists while America’s Voice is gearing up [...]

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Great summary from colleague and friend of the blog, The Unapologetic Mexican. Features the DREAM Act at 1:00. Rate and comment on the Video

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We have officially gained the status of “Top 10 Ideas for Change” in America from Change.org CONGRATULATIONS and a big THANK YOU to everyone who voted, everyone who lent their support and endorsements and propelled this idea to the top. Major props go to Dave Bennion from Change.org, Kyle from Citizen Orange, Kety Esquivel from [...]

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We endorsed some ideas besides Pass the DREAM Act, UAFA and Provide Immigration Relief, so if you have some votes left over (everyone gets 10), do support the following ideas: Pass Marriage Equality Rights for LGBT Couples Nationwide – In case not everyone knows, the co-founders of DreamActivist include two queer Asians. Free Single Payer [...]

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Groups, organizations and students working towards pro-immigration reform are always welcome to send and share their events with us. Here is a current listing of what else is going on around the country: Vote for the DREAM Act at Change.GOV – Citizen’s Briefing Book The Obama website has decided to follow the lead of change.org [...]

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This is an older but great article sent-in by Roberto Gonzales on how undocumented students across America are forming student groups and organizing for change, even in the face of constant defeat. It is up on our resources page now. Check back next week or subscribe to the RSS for a spew of new updates [...]

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A Miami-Dade College student on Tuesday accused immigration authorities of targeting her family for deportation because of her activism on behalf of illegal immigrant students.Gaby Pacheco, 23, is a native of Ecuador and in the U.S. on a student visa. She has long spoken out in favor of immigration reform and the so-called “dream act,” [...]

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