What Can You Do To Pass The DREAM Act?

Kyle from Citizen Orange has asked for a call to action.

http://www.citizenorange.com/orange/...the-act-i.html

Here are the five actions:

1. CALL - The National Council of La Raza has a page to help you call your congressional representatives in support of the DREAM Act.
http://capwiz.com/nclr/callalert/ind...ertid=12988601

2. FAX - America's Voice has a page to help you fax your congressional representatives in support of the DREAM Act.
http://americasvoiceonline.org/page/...ut/DaretoDream

3. EMAIL - Change.org has a page to help you email your congressional representatives in support of the DREAM Act.
http://www.change.org/ideas/932/view..._the_dream_act

4. PETITION - Dreamactivist.org has the official petition in support of the DREAM Act.
http://dreamact2009.com/

5. TEXT - Text "Justice" ("Justicia" for Spanish) to 69866 to be the first to know when the DREAM Act is introduced. FIRM's Mobile Action Network is an excellent way to stay connected and have maximum impact at just the right moment.
http://fairimmigration.wordpress.com...igrant-rights/

Myth #1: The DREAM Act Will Reward Parents

If you catch someone saying this, flick their forehead for me, they have no comprehension of how current immigration laws work.

1) Only American citizens who are at least 21 and can prove they can financially support their parents can sponsor them for a green card. DREAMers will have to wait 6 years plus a few years of paperwork processing before they can become citizens.

2) More importantly, the parents they sponsor cannot have entered the country illegally. This would disqualify most parents.

Liberians Get Another Year & The DREAM Act is Re-Introduced

Good news for immigrants lately. Liberians get another year and The DREAM Act has been re-introduced.

GEORGE WILL COLUMN: Immigration reform can stem drug crime

If you've browsed through the blog or the links on the right side of the blog, you know that immigrants and especially undocumented immigrants are ironically more law abiding than Americans. It makes sense, they come here to feed their families. If they screw up and land in jail, their family goes without food. It's a pretty strong incentive to stay out of trouble. However, the traffickers who smuggle these desperate people into the country are often vile and dangerous people who also smuggle in drugs.

Conservative columnist George Will's fascinating article on how to tackle the issue.
Click here to read.

True Life: I'm Coming To America

True Life - MTV Shows

On this episode of True Life we follow the lives of two young people as they adjust to life in America.

If you have trouble viewing the episode you can also watch it here.

DREAM Act PSA

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Sheriff Joe Tries To Distract Media Away From Scandal With Publicity Stunt

Joe Arpaio is the King of Maricopa County. He can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. And today, our sadistic septuagenarian wanted an inhumane spectacle to make everyone ignore the fact that one of his chief underlings, Captain Joel Fox -- the MCSO's bagman -- was being scrutinized over a $105,000 campaign contribution made to the Arizona Republican Party, which was used to smear Arpaio's opponent Dan Saban in the 2008 campaign for sheriff.

Click for the whole post over at Feathered Bastard

Anti-Immigration Democrat to Replace Hillary Clinton in Senate ?

PIX NEWS is being told that Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the reported choice of Governor David Paterson to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Two Congressional sources say members of the New York delegation have been invited to join Governor Paterson for the announcement in Albany at noon tomorrow.

Kirsten Gillibrand is no friend of immigrants in a heavily immigrant state. She is no Hillary Clinton and is not worthy of being her replacement. It's easy to talk tough and vilify immigrants when you're upstate with few immigrants there to challenge the impression you give people with your inflammatory remarks. Let's see you try that downstate Kirsten where people actually have contact with immigrants everyday and can see through your B.S.

Update: Gillibrand now says she supports the DREAM Act and is open to Comprehensive Immigration Reform. She probably avoided a major primary challenge by changing her stance on the issue, she will most likley remain a Senator after the next election. I'm really hoping she's genuine in her support and this isn't just an act of survival in an immigrant heavy state. My advice to her: actions speak louder than words Kirsten, show us you care about the tired, the poor, the huddled masses if you want to win over the loyalty of New Yorkers. New Yorkers like someone with a big heart who isn't scared of ethnic sounding names.

Bush Commutes 2 Border Agents’ Sentences

The former agents, Jose A. Compean and Ignacio Ramos, will be freed from federal prison in less than two months as a result of Mr. Bush’s commutation, cutting short prison terms that were due to run at least eight more years. The two men, both of El Paso, were convicted on assault charges for shooting the unarmed, fleeing drug smuggler in the buttocks in 2005 and then trying to cover up the episode.

Federal prosecutors in Texas mounted a vigorous and unusual defense of the convictions, saying that they could not “look the other way” after the agents shot an unarmed man and then lied to their supervisors about it.

This case had me torn, they were convicted by a jury of their peers and what they did brought shame to all law enforcement officials. Their job is hard enough as it is, they don't need a few bad apples causing people to question their integrity. At the same time, they are real people who made a mistake and now their families suffer along with them.

I think Bush did the right thing. Even though there are much more deserving people who could have used clemency, I find comfort in the fact that soon a father will be reunited with his children and a husband will come home to his wife. They will never be allowed to own a firearm again, will never work in law enforcement, and the record of the conviction will stand. They will also no longer be a danger to society and now their families will not have to suffer for their crime.

A Changing Nation

We have a new president. But he, too, has a new nation to lead, one that's changing almost beyond recognition.

Click here for the Newsweek article