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How the DACA Health Exclusions Harm Immigrant Women, and What You Can Do To Help

December 18, 2012
On June 15, 2012, the Obama Administration announced a new policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that allows undocumented youth who meet specific requirements to apply for a two-year protection from deportation and for work authorization. When the policy was announced, advocates for...
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Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Immigration

Embracing Our American Values: A MomsRising Blog Carnival on Protecting Family Unity, Strengthening Communities and Ensuring a Thriving Economy with the Contributions of Immigrants

December 13, 2012
This blog carnival was published on December 10th, 2012, and updated with additional blog posts on December 12th, 2012. As we commemorate today’s anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , MomsRising is pleased to launch a blog carnival to...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Immigration

Passing the Dream Act

December 13, 2012
Eleven years ago, I was contacted by Ann Monaco, a teacher at the Merit School of Music in Chicago. One of her students – Tereza Lee – was a musical prodigy who had played as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. After growing up in an apartment with no heat or hot water, and learning to...
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Dick Durbin
Immigration

Raising Global Citizens (and Consumers) So K'Naan Doesn't Need to Censor His Better Self

December 12, 2012
I'm struck by the recent op-ed by rapper-poet-pop star K'naan in the NY Times, "Censoring Myself for Success," found here . It made me sad - but wasn't surprising - to read how music industry executives wanted him to water down his message and fascinating life story growing up in war-torn Mogadishu...
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Homa Tavangar
Immigration

6 Concrete Steps the President Can Take to Seize the Moment on Immigration

December 12, 2012
After his reelection, speculation quickly began about what the second term of President Obama will mean for immigrant communities. While we breathed a sigh of relief following the defeat of Mitt Romney's self-deportation politics, it would be irresponsible for us to return to 2008 levels of hope...
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Pablo Alvarado
Immigration

Dream to Belong by Andres Useche: DREAM Act Song + CIR: Immigration Reform

December 11, 2012
This song is a free song and can be downloaded at Facebook . "Dream to Belong" is a music video in support of the DREAM Act, DACA and Comprehensive Immigration reform; Dedicated to all the Dreamers and in memory of Dreamer Joaquin Luna and our ally Shaun Chapa. It features great DREAMer orgs: UWD,...
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Andres Useche
Immigration

From Trail of Dreams to Full Equality

December 11, 2012
For four months in 2010, I woke up around 6 a.m., ate breakfast, tied my shoes, and headed out the door down a long road to liberation as I walked through the Southeast. Although many doubted our ability to complete the 1,500-mile trek from Miami to Washington, D.C. we held our heads high, despite...
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Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez
Immigration

Underneath Immigration Debate Lies a Deeper Conversation About Our National Identity

December 11, 2012
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Most of us know the immortal words of Emma Lazarus in the poem written on the base of the...
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Alexia Salvatierra
Immigration

Immigration Reform Good For Our Economy, Our Souls

December 11, 2012
As President Obama and Congress members begin to break down immigration, we need to imagine a world where migration and immigration are embraced. Here is a video, in which I break down immigration reform and why we need it--for our economy but also for our souls and our future. Thanks for watching!
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Pramila Jayapal
Immigration

Why the Maryland DREAM Act is a Boost to Local Economy, Country

December 11, 2012
The 2012 elections were historic for many reasons. One of the most significant, yet unheralded, achievements was the passage on the ballot of the Maryland Dream Act, which enables children to qualify for in-state college tuition regardless of their immigration status. The Maryland Dream Act will...
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Donna Edwards

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