7 February 2010 0 Comments

DREAM Act for California Immigrant Students Gets Push

New America Media, News Report, Seth Sandronsky , Posted: Feb 05, 2010

“In dreams, immigration officials rushed in and arrested me,” said Ju H. “I woke up sweating. My heart was pounding.”

Eyes tearing, the 20-year-old immigrant without citizenship documents from South Korea and current community college student in the San Francisco Bay Area continued telling his story to advocates, lawmakers and students at a crowded Capitol summit in Sacramento on Wednesday.

He described barriers to federal and state help for himself and others like him seeking education at four-year institutions. The walls to such schooling would fall with passage of the federal Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, first introduced in Congress in 2001.

DREAM Act for California Immigrant Students Gets Push

22 January 2010 0 Comments

Too Much At Stake for Complacency – A Call to Action for Immigration Reform

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Look at those illegals,” my friend said jokingly while he was dropping me off to the Bart Station. He pointed at two Mexican immigrants standing against the fence. Although it was a joke, I was extremely angry. Yet, I was defenseless and vulnerable. I simply laughed with him and stayed casual as if nothing happened. Once he dropped me off, I wondered if he would treat me differently if he knew that I’m also “illegal.”

Too Much At Stake for Complacency – A Call to Action for Immigration Reform

20 January 2010 0 Comments

THE TRAIL 2010

http://trail2010.org/

On January 1, 2010, we embarked on a 1,500-mile walk from our home in Miami, FL, to Washington, D.C. We walk to share our stories, so that everyday Americans understand what it’s like for the millions of immigrants, especially young people, unable to fully participate in society. It’s time that our country come together to fix a failed system that keeps millions in the shadows, with no pathway to a better life.

Our journey will be long and full of hardship, but for us, we see no other option. We are putting our futures in jeopardy because our present is unbearable.

HEY EVERYONE!!!
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU! PLEASE VISIT THE PAGE AND JOIN IN THIS CAUSE!!! IF YOU GET A CHANCE, GO AND SEE THE BLOGS… LET EVERYONE KNOW IN ORDER FOR US TO BE VISIBLE!!!!!!!!