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Year: 2009
What is an Illegal Student?!
Maybe I need to go back to school but it has been a really long time since I agreed to do an MSM interview. It usually leaves me annoyed at the incompetent reporter who cannot write to save her/his life, Read More …
Ask USA Today: What Do You Mean By "Illegal Students?"
Would a truly reputable national newspaper use the N-word to describe African-Americans or categorize the entire LGBT community as “fags?” I doubted it. But the USA Today has gone and done something quite similar. The USA Today article “Groups try Read More …
CIRASAP Introduced; LGBT Families Thrown Under the Bus
Ho-Ho-Ho! Representative Luis Gutierrez (IL-4) donned the hat of Santa Claus nine days before Christmas and delivered a somewhat liberal immigration reform bill today in the form of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act (CIRASAP) of Read More …
Victory! DREAM Act Student Released from Detention
Immigrant youth usage of social media tools provided by Change.org continues with another victory: Andrea Huerfano, an undocumented student leader from Florida who aged-out on a family petition, has technically earned a 6 month “stay of removal.” Initiated by student Read More …
Imprisoned in the "Land of Freedom"
[This week’s guest DREAM Act guest post is written by Frida, an undocumented young immigrant from Miami, Florida. Visit DreamActivist.org to find out how you can help pass the DREAM Act and give students like Frida an opportunity to contribute Read More …