We’re being deluged by the right wing whackos who have this untenable dream of a white America, and who continue to daily, put out sophomoric press releases claiming it will legalize millions, lead to immediate influx of voters and other equally stupid fantasies. What does the DREAM ACT as written and passed in the House of Representatives really provide? Forget what ALIPAC and NUMBERSUSA are trying to trick you into believing. This is what the DREAM ACT is about:
Thanks to Senator Harry Reid’s tabling of the Senate version of the DREAM ACT, it ain’t dead yet. Use this weekend and Monday to register your opinion on the DREAM ACT 866-996-5161
A hotly debated measure that offers a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children won approval Wednesday from the U.S. House. The 216-198 vote, mostly on partisan lines, sends the DREAM Act to the Senate, where it remains uncertain if proponents have the votes to overcome a threatened Republican filibuster against it. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act — or DREAM — would create a path to citizenship for immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children under the age of 16 by their parents, and have lived in America for at least five years, obtained a high school or General Education Development diploma and demonstrated “good MORE
After years of effort on the part of the magnificent Patty Calhoun, editor of Westword, “Ask a Mexican” columnist and OC Weekly managing editor Gustavo Arellano debated nativist know nothing Tom Tancredo, at Su Teatro in Denver, Colorado last night, on the issue of immigration. They met, they talked, voices were occasionally raised, Tancredo said “crap,” and what follows are a few other points of discussion and highlights. Arellano projected what’s best about our side of the immigration issue as he met Tancredo’s canned talking points head on. Unfortunately, he allowed Tancredo to change the subject when the DREAM ACT came up, but overall, Gustavo was the hands down winner. Here’s some commentary on the debate.
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the politically charged immigration fray when it ruled that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same tuition breaks offered to in-state high school students to attend public colleges and universities. While the ruling applies only to California, the case was closely watched nationally because nine other states, including New York and Texas, have similar laws. “Through their hard work and perseverance, these students have earned the opportunity to attend UC,” said University of California president Mark G. Yudof. “Their accomplishments should not be disregarded or their futures jeopardized.”
We’ve always supported passage of the DREAM ACT as part of a larger overhaul of our broken immigration system, and if Harry Reid has his way, the DREAM ACT may become a reality. Reid is supposed to introduce the act this next week as an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill, a move that has the Republicans and some Democrats slightly “upset”. Should it be done in this manner? Probably not, but Republicans, the party of “No”, have had more than a decade to get behind this bill and the time has come to get it passed.
The Executive Council of the AFL-CIO issued this statement in support of the DREAM ACT today; Every year, thousands of our nation’s brightest and best students graduating high school find that the path to decent jobs and the doors of higher education and the military are essentially shut tight against them for one reason alone: They lack legal immigration status because as young children, they were brought to this country by their parents. These children have grown up in the United States, attended local schools, and have demonstrated a sustained commitment to succeed in the educational system, but immigration laws provide no avenue for these students to become legal residents. Instead of being allowed to continue to excel in college MORE
What is estimated to be more than 100,000 people will descend on Washington D.C. today in support of comprehensive immigration reform, which has been stalled because of the debate over healthcare reform. The event, sponsored by hundreds of civil rights, immigrant advocacy, religious, community and labor groups may prove to be the largest issue based rally of the Obama presidency. It is certain to overshadow the recent teabagger events which oppose anything and everything the administration has tried to accomplish. The event starts with an interfaith service and rally on the National Mall. Speakers include Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahoney and NAACP president Ben Jealous. Despite claims of some of the most virulent anti immigrant groups such as ALIPAC, the MORE
We don’t think so, but that is not the thinking of ALIPAC’s Willy Gheen in a “National Red Alert” he sent to his handful of lemmings. The subject? In State Tuition for Undocumented Students in New Jersey. In his “Action Alert”, which be will ignored by only a handful of his lemmings who pass the day glued to a computer, Gheen makes these claims:
4 days after ALIPAC’s Tea Baggers against Amnesty concluded, with less than 1500 participants at 50 venues in 26 cities, the national campaign for immigration reform got off to a rousing start last night. More than 900 house parties were held in cities nd towns from down east Maine to San Diego, from Miami to Seattle. All told, more than 16,000 persons (the limit of the phone exchanges) called in to participate in a telephone town hall meeting with Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Il
