Posts Tagged as "DREAM Act"

Magon: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 1

October 7, 2013 / By
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[Translate]     Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of three reports on the DREAMer movement   The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 27: The Dreamer Chronicles, Part 1   It was 2010 and the Immigration movement was at a crossroad— continue advocating for comprehensive immigration reform, or support the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, legislation introduced earlier that year by Senator Durbin (D-IL) which would have benefited undocumented youth exclusively, which is the most common version known today (there was a version introduced in 2001 but that, for reasons I’m sure all of you know, failed in a wave of xenophobia and patriotism).

Magon: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield

August 19, 2013 / By
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[Translate]     The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 25: A Familiar Scene in Bakersfield   Bakersfield, CA –The movement for immigration reform brought over 1,000 supporters to Bakersfield last week to put public pressure on House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy – the new “whipping boy” on immigration as Politico newspaper has so dubbed him.

Barred from Federal Programs, DREAMers May Qualify for Medi-Cal

June 25, 2013 / By
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[Translate] VIJI SUNDARAM/New America Media This article is also available in Spanish. 中文翻譯 OXNARD, Calif.

Cautious Hope After Obama’s Immigration Reform Speech

January 31, 2013 / By
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[Translate]       By BRENDA RINCON/Coachella Unincorporated   COACHELLA, Calif. – The immigration issue is not about numbers for Esperanza Navarro.

Two Farmworkers’ Daughters, Two Paths to Higher Education

January 28, 2013 / By
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[Translate]   COACHELLA, Calif. – Cristian Cabrera was working in the grape fields with her family last summer, saving money for the fall semester, when she received a text from a friend.

Magon: The Deportation Chronicles, Pt. 3

January 23, 2013 / By
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[Translate]     The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 24: The Deportation Chronicles, Part 3 Raul: Those Who Said Goodbye In 2010, there were an estimated 387,000 “removals” according to Department of Homeland Security documents.

Local Groups to Host Deferred Action Seminar

October 10, 2012 / By
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[Translate] THERMAL, Calif. — Leaders of Tomorrow, FIRME Productions, and Comité Cívico del Valle are presenting a Deferred Action workshop this Saturday, October 13, from 11 a.m.