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Queer, Undocumented and Unafraid - Huffington Post


Queer, Undocumented and Unafraid
Huffington Post
For two years, undocumented youth have been coming out of the shadows and using their status to empower themselves and bring attention to the Development, Relief and Education for Minors Act, better known as the DREAM Act. The 10-year-old piece of ...

Readers gone wild (on the California Dream Act) - 89.3 KPCC


Readers gone wild (on the California Dream Act)
89.3 KPCC
There is a very long and still-growing list of comments in response to a few recent posts on the California Dream Act, part of it signed Saturday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Last I checked it was nearing 200 comments, and that's just in response to posts from ...

States filling void on immigration policy - The Georgetown Voice (blog)


States filling void on immigration policy
The Georgetown Voice (blog)
The state recently passed its own version of the Dream Act, which will allow undocumented immigrants to qualify for financial aid at state schools, a welcome step toward a more humane and realistic immigration policy. The charged rhetoric that infects ...

This Week in the Voice: October 13, 2011 - The Georgetown Voice (blog)


This Week in the Voice: October 13, 2011
The Georgetown Voice (blog)
In Editorials, our Ed Board lauds California for passing their own version of the DREAM Act. In News, Morgan Manger looks at the revitalized Residential Judicial Council. In Sports, Abby Sherburne praises men's soccer's freshman goalkeeper Tomas Gomez. ...

Crisis Magazine's Hahn Should Be Deported - National Catholic Reporter (blog)


Crisis Magazine's Hahn Should Be Deported
National Catholic Reporter (blog)
His nose is out of joint because the USCCB has a special part of its website educating Catholics on the justice of the DREAM Act and the need for comprehensive immigration reform. Hahn believes that, having failed to evangelize our own, the bishops are ...

Texas A&M Students Protest Rick Perry's DREAM Act In Petition - Huffington Post


Texas A&M Students Protest Rick Perry's DREAM Act In Petition
Huffington Post
The Texas Aggie Conservatives, a student group at A&M, have recently started a petition against Rick Perry's DREAM ACT. The Aggies want Perry to call a special session of the Texas legislature to repeal the legislation, which allows undocumented ...

The Republican Debate: An Opportunity to Win over the Latino Vote - Huffington Post


The Republican Debate: An Opportunity to Win over the Latino Vote
Huffington Post
President Obama may be distracting Latino prospective voters with pleas for comprehensive immigration reform, virtual roundtables to address young Latino influencers, or an emphasis on the DREAM Act. However, while all are noble and important matters ...

California (bad) dreaming - Statesman Journal


California (bad) dreaming
Statesman Journal
Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act, which will allow illegal immigrant students to be eligible for state-funded financial aid at public universities and community colleges, celebratory email began circulating. "Wow, this great and wonderful ...

Gov. Brown Passes the Dream Act - City on a Hill Press


Gov. Brown Passes the Dream Act
City on a Hill Press
Jerry Brown signed AB 131, the second part of the California Dream Act, over 150 UC Santa Cruz students in Quarry Plaza called the governor's office to voice their support for the bill. Starting Jan. 1, 2013, AB 131 will allow undocumented students to ...