A group of undocumented students and a legal resident are staging a sit-in in Senator’s McCain office in Tucson. The reason I say this is hard news to share is because this students face the prospect of being deported if they are arrested. It’s hard to imagine what is going through this student’s heads at the moment, and hoping they are very well prepared with legal backup and such. This group of undocumented students, many of them from other states in the nation, is trying to bring attention to the DREAM Act, an important piece of legislation, which if approved, could help millions of undocumented students obtain a pathway to citizenship. This piece of legislation that has been proposed many times in the US Congress has failed in many attempts since 2001, but many DREAM Act advocates now point out, that without comprehensive immigration reform having an opportunity of passage this year, the DREAM Act is a perfect piece of legislation to push in 2010 to alleviate some of the impacts of raids, deportations and laws such as SB1070 in Arizona Many of the organizers are part of the Immigrant Youth Justice League, a group of young people organizing, and working for important issues of social change in communities across the country. MORE – http://ilikebreaks.com/?p=861 added by: Sahuaro
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