Sponsorship Division - Dream Act Sponsors

The HR Division has turned into the Sponsorship Division. Our goal is to have groups send letters of support to the Senate next month much like how the educational organizations, NEA and ACE, sent letters in July. Our active members include:

Tasksgirl: Legal Representative/Celebrity Representative
Swim19: Religious Groups Representative
free2be: Publicist/Media Representative
CIR_DREAM2007: Human Rights Groups Representative

PM me if you want to join

National Educational Association letter:

Letter to the Senate Regarding DREAM Act

July 16, 2007

United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator:

On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we urge you to support the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S. 774), scheduled for floor consideration this week. This important bipartisan legislation, introduced by Senators Durbin (D-IL), Hagel (R-NE), and Lugar (R-IN), will allow states to offer in-state tuition and other higher education benefits to talented students with undocumented immigration status. Votes associated with these issues may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 110th Congress.

Each year, over 50,000 undocumented students who have lived in the United States for at least five years graduate from U.S. high schools. Among these students are class valedictorians, straight-A students, and idealistic youth committed to bettering their communities. Yet, current federal law restricts states’ ability to provide in-state tuition or higher education assistance to these students, who often have no recourse to regularize their immigration status. As a result, many such students are unable to pursue higher education and many drop out of high school because they know they will be unable to continue on to college. The loss to these students, and to society as a whole, is significant.

The DREAM Act will allow states to determine their own residency rules, thereby permitting them to offer in-state tuition and higher education benefits to undocumented students. In addition, the bill will allow undocumented students who have lived in the United States for at least five years and demonstrate good moral character to obtain special immigration relief.

Again, we urge your support for this important legislation.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Diane Shust
Director of Government Relations

Randall Moody
Manager of Federal Advocacy

American Council on Education letter

yay! GO DREAM TEAM! :P

WoW this letter almost made me shed tears, This kind of things are what keeps on giving me hope! I hope this passes and I see that we have alot of supporters now! This just made my day! Let's keep on going guys we're close to our dreams!

Welcome our newest member:

OptimistinDenial: Latino Groups Rep.

GOOOOOOO DREAM TEAM whoaaaa!! lol

Welcome another new member:

RavenDove: Sponsorship Division Proofreader

Just found this list of local organizations..


http://www.fairimmigration.org/stude...-contacts.html

This is OptimistinDenial. There is something wrong with my old account. I try to log in but I am unable. If you do not believe me CIR_Dream has my e-mail account and free2be has my phone number. Taskgirl and smarr88 also have my phone number. Just e-mail or call me and you will see that I am the real deal. I will also PM everybody to corfirm my identity. I do not want to irritate Nick with something this insignificant since he has a life to live. This account is extra lame mostly because I love my old name and I invested so much time and effort to create myself. Now I have to start all over again.

Nick is it that hard to fix the account?