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DACA and Congressional Cowardice

September 5, 2017 By tedf 9 Comments

This is cross-posted from Letters Blogatory There are hundreds of thousands—maybe more than a million—people living in the United States who entered the United States illegally with their parents when they were children. In the important … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: DACA, Donald Trump, dream-act, immigration

Keep Fighting on DADT and DREAM Act

September 22, 2010 By john-kerry 15 Comments

Laurie Harris, a 34-year-old doctor from Newburyport, attended Boston University Medical School through a program that paid her tuition in exchange for service in the Air Force. But before she completed her medical training, Harris was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dadt, dream-act, john-kerry

We Will Be Watching: Victory for the DREAM Act

September 21, 2010 By kyledeb 10 Comments

If you haven't heard about the DREAM Act yet I wouldn't be surprised.  The media has largely been focused on the train wreck that is Christine O'Donnell's campaign.  But the mainstream media is missing out on one of the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: business, christine-odonnell, dadt, democrat, dream-act, education, facebook, guatemala, harry-reid, illegal, immigrant, immigration, lady-gaga, lgbt, migrant, migrant-youth, migration, military, millenial, national-defense-authorization-act, polling, republican, spanish, twitter, undocumented, youth

The Stars Have Aligned: The Time Is Now for the DREAM Act

September 17, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

For those that don't know, the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act would give the right to exist to almost a million migrant youth who are American in every sense except for the piece of paper that recognizes them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: american-dream, civil-disobedience, congressional-hispanic-caucus, dream-act, first-focus, george-lemeiux, global-citizen, harry-reid, illegal, immigrant, immigration, john-mccain, jorge-ramos, kay-bailey-hutchinson, luis-guiterrez, media, migrant, migration, military, mitch-mcconnell, national-defense-authorization-act, nydia-velazquez, olympia-snowe, robert-menendez, roll-call, scott-brown, susan-collins, u.s.-department-of-defense, undocumented

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo

August 30, 2010 By kyledeb 8 Comments

I came to this country when I was fourteen-years-old from Oaxaca, Mexico.  It was the late nineties and Mexico was, and is still, facing one of the worst socio-economic and political periods in recent history. For my parents - a taxi … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, california, civil-disobedience, dream-act, illegal, immigrant, immigration, john-mccain, lizbeth-mateo, mexico, migrant, migration, undocumented

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Carlos A Roa, Jr.

August 24, 2010 By kyledeb 1 Comment

There are obstacles in my daily life that make it extraordinarily difficult to pursue a career in architecture.  Fortunately, because of my determination to continue my studies after graduating high school in 2005, I'm currently a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: carlos-a.-roa, congressional-hispanic-caucus, dream-act, dream-letters, florida, illegal, immigrant, immigration, jr., migrant, migration, trail-of-dreams, undocumented, venezuela

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Selvin Arevalo

August 18, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: christian, deportation, dream-act, dream-letters, education, evangelical, illegal, immigrant, immigration, maine, migrant, migration, religion, selvin-arevalo, undocumented

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: David Cho

August 9, 2010 By kyledeb 2 Comments

My parents brought me to this country when I was only nine years old. I went to school not knowing a single word of English, and I often became my classmates' object of ridicule - many bullies perpetually and ignorantly harassed me. My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: david-cho, dream-act, dream-letters, harvard, illegal, immigrant, immigration, korea, migrant, migration, music, ucla, undocumented

DREAM Now Recap: The Ghost of Virgil Goode Possesses the Republican Party

August 6, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

Last week, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and the nativist organization NumbersUSA were behind a political effort to release an inflammatory memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  The memo was released with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: afl-cio, anchor-baby, center-for-american-progress, chellie-pingree, chuck-grassley, dream-act, illegal, immigrant, immigration, john-cornyn, john-mccain, lindsey-graham, marlen-moreno, migrant, migration, mike-thompson, mitch-mcconnell, tom-periello, u.s.-constitution, undocumented, uscis, virgil-goode

DREAM Now Letters: Stop The Deportation of Marlen Moreno

August 4, 2010 By kyledeb Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: arizona, deportation, dream-act, dream-now-letters, illegal, immigrant, immigration, marlen-moreno, migrant, migrant-youth, migration, undocumented

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