Dream Activists Stage Protests in Arizona and Los Angeles

DA User · 05-21-2010, 08:00 PM

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Dream Activists Stage Protests in Arizona and Los Angeles
Published 21 May 2010, 10:38 am - No Comments -
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Nine people demonstrating in support of the DREAM Act were arrested yesterday after blocking traffic for several hours in front of the Federal Building in Los Angeles. Two hundred immigrant rights protesters marched in a circle on Wilshire boulevard as motorists were rerouted by the police. The action was the second this week in support of the federal legislation that would provide undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as minors the opportunity to pursue legal status through higher education or service in the military. On Monday, five immigrants, three of them undocumented, donned caps and gowns as they sat down and refused to leave the Tucson, Arizona office of Senator John McCain. Calling for the passage of the DREAM Act on the anniversary of the Brown v. the Board of Education decision, four of the protesters were arrested on federal misdemeanor trespassing charges. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the three undocumented protesters now facing deportation proceedings starting on June 16. Dubbed as the “DREAM Act 5,” Mohammad Abdollahi, Yahaira Carrillo, Tania Unzueta, Raul Alcaraz, and Lizbeth Mateo sought to draw attention to the federal legislation. While Senator McCain has sponsored the DREAM Act in the past, he has not fully supported it this year as he faces a tough primary election challenge. A spokeswoman for Senator McCain said that the protesters, “have a right to peacefully protest in the senator’s office” and that the Senator “understands the students’ frustrations.” However, she added, that protesters “should focus their efforts on the President and the Democrats that control the agenda in Congress.”

Notice how Mccain is concerned about the DREAM Act. He knows that if he supports CIR/Dream Act then he can lose his job. Deep inside, he wants the bill passed in my opinion. I still think he would vote YAY when its time to vote.