DreamActivist

Thanks to Martin for sharing his story and his thoughts on the complexity of the issues we deal with every day. My history is very typical and familiar as far as I can describe up to this point, because being dubbed or personified by a general public as an “illegal” human being. What is definitive [...]

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I received another email from the Obama campaign about those awful, anti-DREAM Act GOP candidates. Quick, donate to the Obama campaign! It’s our only hope! Here’s a taste: “All of these candidates seem to think that opposing the DREAM Act will make good politics for primary season — and that’s just the start. Ron Paul [...]

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Check out the email below, in italics, sent by Adrian Saenz, National Vote Director for Obama for America.  In it, he claims that Obama “supports the DREAM Act so that children of immigrants won’t be punished for the actions of their parents, and he’s directed the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the deportation of [...]

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At Progressives for Immigration Reform’s (PFIR) 2nd National Conference on Immigration, Conservation and the Environment, on October 4, four pregnant women were kicked out after they raised concerns about mothers being blamed for environmental degradation. During a talk by Californians for Population Stabilization’s Ben Zuckerman on the “impact of our growing population on our natural [...]

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The list is long. The crazies are many. But never fear, there is a light in the dark! Someone actually said something nice about immigrants! You may or may not have heard, but Rick Perry, current Governator of Tejas (aka Texas, the Lone Star state, greatest state ever) defended the fact that he signed into [...]

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Angy, My name is Jorge Ocampo and I’m 22 years old. I live in Southern California in the city of Los Angeles. I am writing to you because I feel like we’re on the same page. I would like to get some advice from you in regards to what I should do to help myself [...]

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Click and print! Get to know your resources and apply, apply, apply! Oldie but a goodie- California resource guide for undocumented students (scholarships inside!): Pursuing Higher Education – Undocumented Student Resource Guide White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics: College Funding Opportunities for Hispanic Students Additional Internship and Fellowship Opportunities Latino College Dollars Scholarship [...]

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There’s an opportunity for NYC youth between the ages of 13-19 with the OCA-NY’s 5th Annual Hate Crimes Prevention Art Project (HCPP), which features an art contest that speaks to the theme of preventing hate crimes. Especially given the high anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States today, it is important that xenophobic hate crimes, as [...]

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Last week marked the end of my student teaching experience at Ridgetop Elementary School in Austin, TX. I was in an ESL classroom meant for students going into the 1st grade, with ages ranging from 4 to 7. Some students write (nearly) perfect sentences and speak English fluently — others have trouble counting past five, [...]

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You can’t make this up. Hacker groups Lulz Security, or LulzSec for short, and Anonymous, took on anti-immigrant forces earlier this week as part of Operation Anti-Security (intended to expose corrupt government), and have leaked hundreds of private documents from Arizona law enforcement online, including internal emails and internal reports marked as confidential. They’ve also [...]

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