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Representative Lamar Smith's Assault on Immigrants

Frank Sharry, America's Voice. February 10, 2012.

Smith claims the President is ignoring immigration laws, but the Obama Administration has deported more undocumented immigrants than any other in history.

Filming Against Odds: Undocumented Youth “Come Out” With Their Dreams

Anne Galisky, Feministe. January 2, 2012.

A director discusses her first film.

DREAM Activists Volunteer for Detention to Prove ICE is a "Rogue Agency"

Julianne Hing, ColorLines. November 21, 2011.

When the cameras aren’t rolling and the nation’s not looking on, does the Obama administration abide by its own deportation policies?

Progress? California Passes Second Half of Dream Act

Seth Hoy, Immigration Impact. September 15, 2011.

AB 131 vastly expanded undocumented students' access to in-state college and university funds, but restrictionists are quick to inaccurately call it expensive.

Four Examples of Delusional, Anti-Immigrant Activist Hysteria

Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact. August 26, 2011.

After the DHS announced a modest shift in policy to identify "low priority" deportation cases, anti-immigrant activists continued to scream delusional, "amnesty!" rhetoric.

Breakthrough: New Immigration Policy Makes Couples "Low-Priority" For Deportation, And It Gives Gay Couples Equal Consideration

Raul Rodriguez, New America Media. August 25, 2011.

Same-sex bi-national couples’ marriage and family ties will be included as new criteria to hault deportation proceedings for undocumented immigrants

DREAMers: How Equal Opportunity For Immigrant Minors Could Actually Help Our Economy

Kathly Mulady, Equal Voice . August 5, 2011.

Allowing immigrant minors the resources to pursue their dreams and achieve upward mobility would benefit not only them, but our economy as well.

Senators Who Killed the Dream Act Likely to Face Latino Backlash in 2012 and Beyond

Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions. December 20, 2010.

Those politicians who dashed the DREAMS of many young migrants may come to regret the decision.

DREAM Act Dies in Senate, But Dream Lives On

Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. December 19, 2010.

Even in the midst of the legislative post-mortem, there were signs of hope for a new DREAM Act in the future -- perhaps even in next year's Congress.

GOP, Defying Reason, Kills DREAM Act

* Staff, AlterNet. December 18, 2010.

Republicans, supported by 5 conservative Democrats, killed the popular legislation in the Senate.

DREAMers and LGBT Community Both Saw Defeats in the Last Week -- Will They Finally See that They're Fighting the Same Struggle?

Sandip Roy, New America Media. December 14, 2010.

Many in the LGBT community bristle at any comparison with the struggles of undocumented people. But all of the rights the DREAMers are demanding, gays already have.

As DREAM Act Becomes More Visible, Student Immigrants Boost Their Activism

Jessica Weisberg, AlterNet. December 7, 2010.

There is a heightened sense of urgency among young DREAMers who have been marching around Washington D.C. in caps and gowns, risking arrest and even deportation.

Could the DREAM Act Actually Pass in the Lame-Duck Congress?

Braden Goyette, Campus Progress. December 1, 2010.

Harry Reid is pushing for a vote -- will the Dems deliver?

Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi Push DREAM Act in Lame-Duck Session

Seth Hoy, Immigration Impact. November 16, 2010.

The DREAM Act is one area of immigration law that almost everyone supports.

Student DREAMs on Hold For Now

Seth Hoy, Immigration Impact. September 23, 2010.

More people today understand the importance of DREAM to our economy, our military, and the future of our country than ever before.

DREAM Act Advances Further Than Any Other Immigration Policy Of This Administration

Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. September 23, 2010.

Again and again, the bill has attracted bipartisan support only to be stopped by a small core of Republican opponents.

Will Sen. Scott Brown Meet With Mass. Immigrant Youth Before April 17?

Kyle de Beausset, Citizen Orange. April 11, 2010.

A delegation of Massachusetts youth want their new Senator's support for the DREAM Act.

HBO Film Delves into Immigration Reform’s "Senators' Bargain"

Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. March 23, 2010.

The inside story of Ted Kennedy's all-out push to pass an immigration reform bill in 2007 is told in "The Senators’ Bargain," a revealing new documentary airing this week.

A March to Rebuild the American Dream - Immigration Matters

HyunJoo Lee, New America Media. March 20, 2010.

The American dream is alive and well in the students, working parents, and families that have come to this country in search for a better life.

Why One Undocumented Student is Walking the Trail of Dreams

Carolyn Goossen, New America Media. March 17, 2010.

Carlos is one of the four Trail of Dreams walkers – students walking 1,500 miles from Miami to Washington, D.C. –who are calling for the implementation of The Dream Act.

Immigration Reform in 2010: A Limited Time Offer

Afton Branche, Drum Major Institute. March 6, 2010.

The clock is ticking: advocates agree any proposal must move this spring, before Congress' attention shifts to mid-term elections.

Trail of Dreams vs. KKK: Walking on for Immigration Reform

Alex DiBranco, Change.org. March 2, 2010.

Change.org wraps up coverage of the DREAM Act Week of Action with a look at the Trail of Dreams march from Florida to D.C.

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A "Dream" Student's Homeland Security Nightmare

Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, deleted. October 26, 2009.

Since 2001, they’ve failed to garner the 60 votes necessary in the Senate to bring the Dream Act to a full vote.

Unauthorized Immigrant Youths Rise Up Nationwide

Unauthorized Immigrant Youths Rise Up Nationwide

Kyle Hussein de Beausset, Citizen Orange AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 23, 2009.

Remember what it was like when you had a dream?

What About the Hopes and Dreams of Documented Immigrants?

What About the Hopes and Dreams of Documented Immigrants?

Lindsey McCormack, Miller-McCune.com. June 10, 2009.

So-called "legal DREAMies" draw parallels between documented and undocumented kids who were brought to the United States at a young age.

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