Hot Topic: “Dream Act”
DREAMing at Catholic Colleges
Read more at Inside Higher Ed
Thirteen Activists Arrested After Protesting Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant Law
Police charged the protesters with disturbing the peace.
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2011 by Eddie Garcia
Immigration Roundup: DREAM Act Repeal Effort, Ala. Fights DOJ
This week’s latest news on immigration and the DREAM Act.
Posted Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Mark Chou
UPDATE: Shamir Ali Released From Detention
With the pending deportation of Shamir Ali, activists and DREAMers speak out on his behalf.
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Video / Multimedia by Tara Kutz & Eddie Garcia
Lawsuit, Bill Seek to Grant U.S.-Born Children of Undocumented Immigrants In-State Tuition
Read more at NPR
Study: Legalization Benefits Educational Achievement of Immigrants
According to researchers at UC—Irvine, the achievement gap among the children of Mexican immigrants is alleviated by paths to citizenship.
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2011 by Jon Christian
DREAM Activist Describes Fear After Alabama’s HB 56: ‘I’m Not The Only One’
After Alabama began enforcing its strict anti-immigrant law recently, courts quickly became involved with determining the legality of the law.
Posted Thursday, October 20, 2011 in Reprints by Julianne Hing
Exiled From America: One Student’s Deportation Story
Portland State University student Hector Lopez didn’t know he was an undocumented immigrant until he was deported.
Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2011 in Journalism Network & Reprints by Sydney Bouchat
Deporting Our Own: Immigration Laws Lead to Americans Being Sent From the Country
The broken immigration system puts young American citizens at risk.
Posted Tuesday, August 9, 2011 in Reporting by Brian Stewart
Illinois Passes Bill For Undocumented Youth, Makes An Even Dozen State-Level DREAM Acts
A private scholarship fund will help pay for DREAMers’ education in the state.
Posted Tuesday, August 2, 2011 by Micah Uetricht
Quinn Signs Illinois DREAM Act
Read more at Chicago Tribune
Brown signs California Dream Act
Read more at L.A. Times
Lamar Smith Aims to Undercut the President’s Power to Stop Deportations
Today marks the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Lamar Smith’s controversial “Hinder the Administration’s Legalization Temptation” Act, known as the HALT Act.
Posted Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Sandra Khalifa
DREAMing with Faith
Some Bible-belters view immigration reform as a story of redemption.
Posted Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Emily Wood
My Brother, the DREAMer
Raul Ramirez wanted nothing more than to give back to the country he called home. But his dream was cut short when he was deported by ICE.
Posted Tuesday, July 19, 2011 by Sal Ramirez
What’s Happening With the DREAM Act?
CAP’s Angela Kelley discusses what is going on with the DREAM Act during the rest of this year.
Posted Monday, July 18, 2011 in Reprints by Angela Kelley
Video: What’s Happening with the DREAM Act?
Angela Kelley discusses what’s happening with the DREAM Act, and why the federal government should pass this piece of legislation.
Posted Monday, July 11, 2011 in Reprints & Video / Multimedia
