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DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Saad Nabeel

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My mother and I were denied entrance into Canada and sent back to the USA as if we were common criminals. I was separated from my mother and sent to a detention facility where I was forced to live with 60 men, many of whom were hardened … [Read more...]

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Selvin Arevalo

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Since I came to this country, I have been going to school to learn and enhance my English.   Three years ago, I enrolled with Adult Education in Portland, ME, for my high school diploma.  Finally, in this June 2010, I shall … [Read more...]

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Stop Ivan Nikolov’s Deportation

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I immigrated to the United States from Russia when I was just 11 years old.  My mother married a U.S. citizen who is the only father I know. I do not remember much about the journey to America, nor did I even know I was undocumented … [Read more...]

DREAM Now Letters: Stop The Deportation of Marlen Moreno

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I was born in Nacozari, Mexico in 1984. My parents brought me to the United States when I was only 13 years old. We were searching for a better life and we found it in Tucson, Arizona. Despite being born in Mexico, I don't consider myself … [Read more...]

Deporting Dissent: Tam Tran and the DREAM Act

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Duke has already written a better post about Tam Tran then I will ever be able to write, so I'm going to write about this from the unique perspective that I bring.First, ICE is the most frightening enforcement agency within the U.S.'s … [Read more...]

Migrants Live the American Nightmare

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Both U.S. Progressives and Conservatives are guilty of neglecting Emigration States.  Very few act in the true interests of Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, etc.  Progressives will often pick up a sexy issue, like … [Read more...]

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