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Year: 2010
15 Arrested in San Antonio Civil Disobedience for the DREAM Act
Fifteen protesters are facing criminal trespass charges after an immigration demonstration in Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s San Antonio office yesterday. After starving for their dreams for more than 20 days, they sat in the office with a simple ask: that Read More …
Georgia Lawmakers Roll Out Bill to Bar Undocumented Students From Higher Education
It seems that banning undocumented students from the top five universities in Georgia was not enough for certain Georgia lawmakers, who want to go further and eliminate undocumented students from the entire public university system. If George Wallace was still Read More …
Immigrant Students Starve for Their DREAMs on Thanksgiving
As you recover from your Thanksgiving meal, remember that dozens of undocumented students are literally and metaphorically starving for their DREAM to obtain a pathway to citizenship. It’s Day 17 of the hunger strike conducted by undocumented students in Texas, Read More …
Hat-Trick: ICE Releases Fredd Reyes
Change.org users have pulled a hat-trick with this latest victory: Fredd Reyes is out of detention, making three victories today. Twenty-two years ago, a family fled political persecution and threats of violence in their native Guatemala, and arrived in the Read More …
Victory: Jennifer Abreu Is Out of Detention
When Jennifer Abreu was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on November 15, 2010, and faced deportation back to Brazil, she had no idea whether she would ever see her family and friends again. She knew her life was in Read More …