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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Press Contact – Carlos Saavedra – carlos@unitedwedream.org


United We Dream Reiterates Support for DREAM Act

Changes are unfavorable, but DREAM is closer than ever

 

DREAM Act leaders from across the country convened over the phone to discuss the latest changes to the 2010 DREAM Act, and decided to support the latest version of the bill, despite narrowing amendments meant to regain past Republican support for the bill.

 

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Ladies and gentleman, this is the moment we have been waiting for. The house has scheduled a vote on the DREAM Act for Friday, Dec. 3rd at 10AM. We need call our representatives and ask them to support the DREAM Act. 
Call now and ask for your rep:
866-967-6018
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Sen. Reid introduced a new version of the DREAM Act with significant changes, summarized below.

 

1. Creates conditional nonimmigrant status for 10 years, followed by 3 years of LPR status prior to application for naturalization.
1. Authorized to be employed
2. May travel outside the US and may be admitted without a visa if carrying valid evidence of status and if not absent for more than 180 days.
3. Treated as lawfully present except for purposes of eligibility for health care (see number 17)....

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

November 30th, 2010
 
Dear Ally,
 
Many of you were present at the event we held yesterday at St Paul’s Cathedral in Boston. I want to personally thank all of you that rallied with us yesterday. I want to give a special thanks to all of our articulate speakers. You provided a voice of passion and reason that we desperately need to hear in this current political climate. You provided a human voice. And for that, we should all be thankful.
 
But I want to remind you of our continuing struggle. We are facing a slowly closing window of opportunity in which to push the DREAM Act. A lot of us depend on this moment. A lot of us...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

We had a very successful community speakout yesterday (November 29th) at St Paul’s Cathedral. Nearly 300 supporters gathered to hear inspiring words from several speakers. Special guests included Denise Provost, Representative of Somerville, Wayne Burton, President of Northshore Community College, Rev Fred Small of First Parish in Cambridge, UMass Student Body President, Alliance to Develop Power and several DREAMers with their incredible stories. 

Thank you all for the continued support!

See our coverage on NECN below and follow the links to coverage in other media.

 

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Monday, November 29, 2010

For Immediate Release

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sen. Harry Reid Creative Commons/Center for American Progress Action Fund

Sen. Harry Reid Creative Commons/Center for American Progress Action Fund

Come to the DREAM Act Community Speakout 11/29 at 3pm, 138 Tremont Street!

We’ve been pushing so hard for the DREAM Act over the last year, it sometimes seems impossible to¡think that it could actually pass – but this is the moment. Thanks in large part to the efforts of studentsand activists, Harry Reid has committed to bringing the DREAM Act up as a stand-alone bill in theSenate. Nancy Pelosi is bringing it up for a vote in the House on November 29th. Now is the time for us tostand strong and give DREAM our all.

Here in Massachusetts, we’re lucky enough to have a governor, many university presidents, and...

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The vote on DREAM is happening very soon, possibly within the next 2 weeks. 

 

Here are the target Legislators we need to move:

 

 Indiana—Lugar (R)

 Utah—Bennett (R)

 Florida—LeMieux (R)

 Ohio—Voinovich (R)

 Illinois—Kirk (R)

 Maine—Snowe/Collins (R)

 Alaska—Murkowski (R)

 Kansas—Brownback (R)

 Mass—Brown (R)

 North Carolina-Hagan (D)

 Missouri—McCaskill (D)

 Virginia—Webb (D)

 Arkansas-Pryor (D)

 Texas - Hutchison...

Monday, November 8, 2010

I had never really thought about what an undocumented immigrant would do if they wanted to go to medical school.

Medical School and now prominent physicians in the field. But that’s not all they
have in common. As I read further, I learned that both of these physicians shared
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