Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
By Lily Eskelsen, Lily’s Blackboard Wednesday I will stand on the West Lawn of our nation’s capitol with thousands of others and demand that a dream come true. Congress isn’t Disneyland and I am not wishing on a star for Tinker Bell to wave a magic wand. It’s not that kind of dream. Real dreams aren’t about magic.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
By Vivan Yee, New York Times One is German, another a New Yorker of Egyptian descent. Others are Cuban-American, Colombian, Dominican and Argentine. These are the unlikely members of Mariachi Flor de Toloache, a New York mariachi...
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
By Edward Graham, NEA Today All across the United States, undocumented students are forced to suffer in silence because of the constant fear of being deported from the only country that they know. They’re our neighbors, our...
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
By David Von Drehle, TIME When President Obama and Democrats in Congress say they would like to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year, it’s entirely possible that they mean exactly what they say. But in Washington, where taking a...
Friday, February 8th, 2013
By Wendy Koop, TIME Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws make higher education — a virtual requirement for financial security — out of reach for more than one million undocumented students....
Monday, January 14th, 2013
By Associated Press/Washington Post Click on picture to read story. More related stories: Prominent DREAM activist watches mother, brother taken from home by ICE, NBC Latino
Friday, January 11th, 2013
By Latino Rebels UPDATE: 5:00am January 11, 2013, Andiola posted more information on her public Facebook page. Here is the latest: I want to thank everyone for all of your support. It has been a tough day, but...
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
By Valeria Fernandez, New America Media PHOENIX, Ariz. – Arisbeth Meza came to Phoenix from Mexico City, following the path of her older sister. She was 13 and has been working ever since cleaning the homes of...
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
By Latino Rebels Here is one video response to Ruben Navarrette that speaks more about the reality of the DREAMers than a series of whiny CNN columns that come across as elitist and reactionary. We are wondering why Navarrette...
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
By Matthew Lynch, Ed. D., Huffington Post Latino Voices The face of higher education is rapidly evolving as more middle- to low-class young people find ways to obtain a college degree or technical training. The Hispanic population...
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
By Jose Cruz, Our Tiempo #2 D.A.C.A. Executive Order “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” Executive Order was issued by President Obama on June 15. It states to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
By Elise Foley, Huffington Post Latino Vocies WASHINGTON — Nearly 600 would-be Dream Act beneficiaries and their allies, who helped in a successful push earlier this year for relief for undocumented young people, gathered in Kansas City,...
Friday, November 9th, 2012
By Raisa Camargo,Voxxi Dreamers are hoping to start the ball rolling on the DREAM Act and signaled Thursday morning that they are going to reach out to key Republican players including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Rubio, who is noted as...
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
By Jose Cruz, Our Tiempo We met Jose Quintero recently at an event for Congressman Luis Gutierrez’s new political action committee (New American’s Fund) geared at raising money to support pro-immigrant political candidates. When we found out...
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