Students for Fair Consideration

RIFA held a rally-event in Saint Helena on Feb. 18th where I was asked to tell my story, my story as an undocumented student. I had three minutes to tell my story, something I thought would be impossible to do. Seeing that at other events, within a time period of two hours, I haven’t been able to say everything I wanted to say. But regardless, I did it anyway knowing that one of Mike Thompson’s representatives was going to be present at the event to say what Mike Thompson thought about the immigration reform issue. I did my speech and was very happy with the results! I definitely got my point across and was extremely nervous to hear what the representative was going to say about the issue. Turns out, Mike Thompson supports the immigration reform, he just needs to hear it from the community that we support him in his decision. He wants to make a decision based on what the community wants. We need to call in everyday and let him know we want this to pass!!!!

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

“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