Dream Act Now! The DREAM is on the move

3.26.11 SAVE THE DATE!

2011-03-22T23:47:00.000-07:00

3.26.11 SAVE THE DATE!

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2011-02-27T23:32:00.000-08:00

12:00PM Wednesday, March 2nd --> Hearing on Repeal of Texas DREAM Act --> COME ACT! JOIN US! EDUCATION FOR ALL NOW!

Immigration Youth Education Forum

2011-02-16T19:33:00.001-08:00

Hey guys! Dream Act Now! at UTSA is hosting an event at the DT UTSA campus on March 26, 2011. We will be providing information for immigrant youth on how to proceed with their education beyond high school. Information provided will include:
How to proceed the college route
Registration process
Financial Aid
Scholarship Information
etc. Know your Rights
Information on IDs
G-28 form
Legislation Peer Support
Information on Dream ActDream Act Now! at UTSA realizes that most immigrants do not continue their education beyond high school because they believe its not possible or get lost in the registration process. Our goal is to inform immigrant students and individuals on current laws and processes available for them to continue their education.

Stay Tuned for further Information!

We hope to see many of you guys there!
Thanks,
Dream Act Now! at UTSA

GENERAL MEETINGS

2011-02-10T13:49:00.001-08:00

FIRST GENERAL MEETING!

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Dream Act Now! at UTSA is having its first general meeting, Tuesday, February 8, 2011 in the Texas Lounge (UC 2.208) at 7:00 pm. Come and help us in our effort to fight for higher education for ALL and protect our communities against anti-immigration laws.

SAAD

2010-12-25T13:54:00.001-08:00

DREAM Act Community Potluck: Hunger Striker's 1st SUPPER

2010-12-19T20:47:00.000-08:00

To all....
That have supported the DREAM Act, DREAMers, Hunger Strikers, Arrestees and Allies, we invite you to:
Share the Hunger Striker's first supper with our community that we all have dedicated to protect and empower.

WHEN: Wednesday December 22, 2010
TIME: 6.30pm-8.30pm
WHERE: Jefferson United Methodist Church 758 Donaldson Avenue 78201 (across from Jefferson High School)

----This is a potluck-style event so please bring your favorite dish,complete with your family, neighbors, lovers, friends, professors, students or anyone else that likes to eat! There will be additional food provided as well as plates, napkins, spoons, forks and knives.
We have a website to sign up to bring food, drinks, and desserts. If you are able, PLEASE use it to list the dish or drink you will be providing as it will help us keep organized: signupgenius.com/go/dream2

Dream Students STUDY-IN Dirksen Senate Cafeteria!

2010-12-17T11:53:00.000-08:00

United We Dream - Dreamers make presence known by studying-in over lunch at the Dirksen Senate Cafeteria

DREAMers from all over the Nation gather in DC to Ensure a Successful Vote

2010-12-17T07:52:00.000-08:00

“All I want is an opportunity to prove myself to this country. Once I get that opportunity, the rest, I can do myself with hard work and dedication.”

“Whether it is serving in the military as a JAG officer or serving in the front line as an intelligence officer to lead Marines, who themselves may be DREAMers, I want to earn my place next to the great heroes of our nation that have and are fighting to defend the bedrock principles that are embedded in our Constitution,”

Yesterday DREAMers and Dream Activists organized a blood drive in Washington, D.C.
"“We’re doing this to show that we have contributed to society, and we do give back to this country,” Martinez said. “We’re all human. We all have the same blood. We contribute so much and that doesn't get told."

DREAMers and Dream Activists from all over the nation continue to arrive in DC as the vote this Saturday will determine the lives of millions of students. We Hope all senators will vote YES on the American Dream Act.

Dreamers Planning. Senate Votes this Saturday. DREAM ACT is on the move!

2010-12-16T22:31:00.003-08:00

DREAMers in DC. We are here and will be here until we have a victory in the Senate. The Dream Act will go up for a vote in the Senate this Saturday. We won't stop until our Dreams become reality.

DREAM ACT VOTE THIS SATURDAY!!!!!!!

2010-12-16T21:14:00.000-08:00

GENTE,

JUST GOT WORD THAT THE DREAM ACT WILL BE VOTED ON AS EARLY AS THIS SATURDAY

ALTHOUGH THIS IS GREAT NEWS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN...

OUR JOB AS DREAM ACT SUPPORTERS IS TO REACH A GOAL OF 100,000 CALLS TO SENATOR HUTCHISON AND SENATOR CORNYN.

THE NUMBER TO CALL IS: 1.866.587.3023

DREAM ACT SAN ANTO WILL BE:

HOSTING A COMMUNITY/YOUTH TEACH-IN ABOUT THE DREAM ACT & CONSCIOUSNESS

@METHODIST STUDENT CENTER

@SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE 102 BELKNAP (OFF OF SAN PEDRO)

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17, 2010

TIME: 5PM-8PM

SPREAD THE WORD & MAKE THOSE CALLS!!!

MCCOLLUM HIGH SCHOOL RALLIES TO SUPPORT DREAM ACT!

2010-12-16T14:49:00.000-08:00

http://www.kens5.com/home/High-school-students-protest-backs-DREAM-Act-legislation-111885609.html

DREAM Act Strategy Meeting @7pm-9pm

2010-12-15T22:40:00.001-08:00

Email dreamactnow.utsa@gmail.com for details!

Friday> Community Teach-In
@Methodist Student Center @San Antonio College 102 Belknap
Time: 5pm-8pm

Bring your friends, students of all ages, familia, neighbors, lovers, professors, EVERYONE!

2010-12-14T17:16:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR1uqwbs-3o

SAN ANTONIO DREAMERS WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR HUTCHISON NOVEMBER 29TH SIT-IN!!!

2010-12-13T14:20:00.000-08:00

BREAKING: San Antonio DREAMers Will Not Be Charged

Posted on 13. Dec, 2010 by Sara Inés Calderón in Education

As we reported at the end of last month, DREAM Act protesters in Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s San Antonio, Texas offices were arrested after a sit-in there. Carlos Guerra made the point that it was the City of San Antonio via its Port of San Antonio arm that had the DREAMers arrested.

NewsTaco has exclusively learned that the Port will NOT pursue charges against those arrested on November 29, according to Port Public Information Manager Paco Felici.

An attorney for seven of those arrested, Ricardo Briones, said the Port’s decision was news to him. “Awesome,” he says, noting that the arrests were of concern to several of the students, who have plans to become teachers and professors. “This is a relief. If they’re not going to press charges that’s so cool, it’s up to the DA to drop charges, so we’re not out of the ballpark yet.”

The DREAMers in San Antonio have been on a hunger strike for more than 30 days now. A court date to address their charges was set tentatively in January.

On Day 30 TX DREAM ACT HUNGER STRIKERS VOW TO KEEP ON FIGHTING!

2010-12-09T13:02:00.000-08:00

Please come out to Milam Park at 4pm to keep the struggle for the DREAM ACT ALIVE!

Inspiration for the coming days to Keep our powerful Voice to support the DREAM ACT

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The Dream Act will be voted in the Senate sometime next week.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/as-senate-tables-dream-ac_b_794524.html?ref=fb&src=sp

Keep calling Senator Hutchison and demand that she VOTE YES ON THE DREAM ACT

WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE LOBBY HARDER THAN EVER TO WIN THE VOTE IN THE SENATE!

WE ARE CLOSER THAN EVER!

Email the Democratic Party and tell them that they MUST vote YES on the DREAM ACT:

http://my.democrats.org/page/s/contact_issues

Keep CALLING Emailing etc. our TARGET SENATORS list.

We can do this!

Let us PASS THE DREAM!

Here are some Inspirational Videos from the Historical House Session that took place on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 to keep our Hopes and Dream ALIVE:

Chairman Berman on the DREAM Act

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Rep. Lewis on the DREAM Act

2010-12-09T11:41:00.000-08:00

TOMORROW IS OUR FINAL BATTLE FOR THE DREAM ACT TO PASS!!!

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SPREAD THE MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW:

THE DREAM ACT PASSED THE HOUSE!!!!

TOMORROW MORNING,
BEFORE 11 AM,
THE SENATE WILL VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE DREAM WILL BECOME OUR REALITY!!!!!

THIS WILL BE ANOTHER TOUGH BATTLE TO WIN THE SENATE!!!!

CALL/EMAIL/FAX/ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF TOWARDS EVERY SENATOR ON
OUR TARGET LIST AND TELL THEM THAT OUR DREAM IS IN THEIR HANDS AND THEY MUST VOTE YES AND PASS IT TOMORROW!!!!

OUR DREAM WILL COME!!!!!!

THE POWER IS IN OUR HANDS!!!!

!~~~!!!!!WE MUST ACT NOW!!!!!~~~!

CALL : (8 6 6) -5 8 7- 3 0 2 3

Ask to be Transferred to one of the
Senator's Offices below

...If their mailbox is full, ask to
be transferred to one of the other targets' office listed below:

IF THE 866 587 3023 PHONE NUMBER DOES NOT WORK,

CALL THE D.C. OFFICE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW

WE CAN DO THIS!!!

Senate Democrats:
AS WE WITNESSED DURING THE HOUSE VOTE, MANY DEMOCRATS NEED TO HEAR FROM US AND KNOW THAT THEY MUST SUPPORT AND VOTE YES ON THE DREAM ACT!!!

Conrad (ND) (202) 224-2043 and 701-258-4648 and 701-232-8030 and 701-775-9601 and 701-852-0703
More Contact Info: http://conrad.senate.gov/about/staff.cfm
Email: http://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm

- Zip code - 58210

Dorgan (ND) (202) 224-2551 and (701) 250-4618 and (701) 239-5389
More Contact Info: http://dorgan.senate.gov/contact/contact_form.cfm
- Zip code - 58210

McCaskill (MO) (202) 224-6154 and 573-651-0964
More Contact Info: http://mccaskill.senate.gov/?p=office_locations
Email: http://mccaskill.senate.gov/?p=contact

- Zip code - 64402

Webb (VA) (202) 224-4024 and 703-573-7090
More Contact Info: http://webb.senate.gov/aboutvirginia/about_va_reg_offices.cfm
Email: http://webb.senate.gov/contact.cfm

- Zip code - 22503

Warner (VA) (202) 224-2023
More Contact Info: http://warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=OfficeInformation
Email: http://warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=contact

- Zip code - 22503

Landrieu (LA) (202) 224-5824
More Contact Info: http://landrieu.senate.gov/services/office-location.cfm
Email: http://landrieu.senate.gov/about/contact.cfm

- Zip code - 71315

Pryor (AR) (202) 224-2353
More Contact Info: http://pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=OfficeLocations
Email: http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/

- Zip code - 72112

Tester (MT) (202) 224-2644 ‎
More Contact Info: http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/offices.cfm
Email: http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/

- Zip code - 59631

Hagan (NC) (202) 224-6342
More Contact Info: ‎http://hagan.senate.gov/contact/ [[[PHONE NUMBERS ON RIGHT HAND SIDE OF WEBPAGE]]]
Email: http://hagan.senate.gov/?p=contact

- Zip code - 27263

Senate Republicans:

Hutchison (TX) [Numbers Listed BELOW!] ‎
email: http://hutchison.senate.gov/contact.cfm

- Zip code - 78249
Brownback (KS) (202) 224-6521
More Contact Info: http://brownback.senate.gov/public/contact/contactoffices.cfm
Email: http://brownback.senate.gov/CMEmailMe.cfm
- Zip code - 66710

Murkowski (AK) (202) 224-6665
More Contact Info: http://murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=OfficeLocations
Email: http://murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EMailLisa
- Zip code - 99521

Kirk (IL) (202) 224-2742 ‎
More Contact Info:
- Zip code - 61412

Bennett (UT) (202) 224-5444
More Contact Info:‎ http://bennett.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
Email: http://bennet.senate.gov/contact/
- Zip code - 84070

Voinovich (OH) (202) 224-3353 ‎
More Contact Info: http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.OfficeLocations
Email: http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
- Zip code - 45710

Snowe (ME) (202) 224-5344 ‎
More Contact Info: http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ConstituentServices.OfficeLocations
Email: http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email
- Zip code - 04426

Collins (ME) (202) 224-2523
More Contact Info: ‎ http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.Phone&IsTextOnly=True&CFID=64878421&CFTOKEN=20078685
Email: http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.email
- Zip code - 04426

Lemieux (FL) (202) 224-3041 ‎
More Contact Info: http://lemieux.senate.gov/public/?p=OfficeLocations
Email: http://lemieux.senate.gov/public/?p=emailsenatorlemieux
- Zip code - 32976

Lugar (IN) (317) 226-5555 ‎
More Contact Info: http://lugar.senate.gov/contact/offices/
Email: http://lugar.senate.gov/contact/contactform.cfm
- Zip code - 47918

Bunning (KY) (202) 224-4343 ‎
More Contact Info: http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OfficeLocations
Email:
- Zip code - 41713

List of Senator Hutchison's Offices all over TEXAS

Local Offices
If you wish to contact Senator Hutchison by letter, phone, or fax, you can do so through any of her offices listed below:

SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4304
202-224-5922
202-224-0776 (FAX)
202-224-5903 (TDD)

SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
961 Federal Building
300 East 8th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
512-916-5834
512-916-5839 (FAX)

SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
10440 N. Central Expressway
Suite 1160
Dallas, Texas 75231
214-361-3500
214-361-3502 (FAX)

SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
1919 Smith Street
Suite 800
Houston, Texas 77002
713-653-3456
713-209-3459 (FAX)
SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
3133 General Hudnell Drive
Suite 120
San Antonio, Texas 78226
210-340-2885
210-349-6753 (FAX)

SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
500 Chestnut Street
Suite 1570
Abilene, Texas 79602
325-676-2839
325-676-2937 (FAX)

SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
1906 G East Tyler St
Harlingen, Texas 78550
956-425-2253
956-412-1468 (FAX)

CALL NOW!!!

CALL OFTEN!!!

LUCY IS IN D.C. IN 30th DAY OF A HUNGER STRIKE FOR THE DREAM!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!WE MUST MAKE THIS DREAM A REALITY!!!!!!!

2010-12-07T21:36:00.000-08:00

SAN ANTONIO ESCALATES SUPPORT FOR DREAMERZ!

2010-12-07T21:32:00.000-08:00

***For Immediate Release, December 2, 2010***

UTSA Students Overwhelmingly Support Provisions of the DREAM Act

According to a recent poll conducted by UTSA political science professors Walter Wilson and Amy Jasperson, UTSA students of both genders, all racial and ethnic demographics, and all major political affiliations overwhelmingly support policy provisions contained in the DREAM Act, which would provide a path to legalization for certain undocumented immigrants and is now pending before Congress.

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act, would place undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as minors a path to legal residency if they graduate from high school, stay out of legal trouble, and either serve in the military or attend college. By a ratio of more than 8 to 1, UTSA students support proposals to give individuals who meet these requirements the opportunity to become legal residents. Democrats and Latinos were most likely to support DREAM Act provisions: Democrats by a ratio of 22 to 1, and Latinos by a ratio of 18 to 1. Anglos and Republicans were also overwhelmingly supportive. White respondents supported DREAM Act provisions by a ratio of more than 5 to 1, and Republican respondents supported DREAM Act provisions by a ratio of more than 3 to 1. Further details on survey responses are provided below:

Should undocumented immigrants who arrive in the U.S. as minors, graduate from High School, obey local laws, and either serve in the military or attend college be placed on a path to legal residency?
Student Opinion by Gender
	Yes	No	Don't Know	Total
Male	181	16	15	212
Female	190	29	12	231
Total	371	45	27	443

Student Opinion by Race and Ethnicity
	Yes	No	Don't Know	Total
White/Not Hispanic	146	27	7	180
Hispanic/Latino	165	9	12	186
Minority Racial Groups	60	9	8	21
Total	371	45	27	443

Student Opinion by Party Affiliation
	Yes	No	Don't Know	Total
Democrat	152	7	10	169
Independent	128	12	8	148
Republican	91	26	9	126
Total	371	45	27	443

UTSA Survey 2010 was conducted October 26-27, 2010

Sample Size: 443 currently enrolled students at UTSA, Margin of Error: +/-4.62%

For more information, Contact Dr. Walter Wilson, Ph.D. at walter.wilson@utsa.edu.

TOMORROW IS THE VOTE FOR THE DREAM ACT!!! CALL NOW. EMAIL NOW. FAX NOW. DO ANYTHING YOU CAN, NOW!!!

2010-12-07T17:32:00.000-08:00

From TX to DC- 29th day of Hunger Strike

Lucy Martinez, pictured above, speaks to Senator Hutchison's immigration staffer about the critical need for the DREAM Act. Lucy is on her 29th day of a hunger strike and the question remains if Senator Hutchison will put politics aside and stand with hard working immigrant youth. The time is now and hard working immigrant youth like the Texas Hunger Strikers and those across the nation cannot wait any longer. Our lives are on the line here. Please call Senator Hutchison and ask her to support the new DREAM Act bill that has been rewritten with HER desired changes. It is time to put politics aside and stand up for what is right.

General Phone Number to Call:

8 6 6 -5 8 7- 3 0 2 3

Ask to be Transferred to Senator Hutchisons' Office

If her mailbox is full, ask to be transferred to one of our targets' office listed below:

Senate Democrats:

Conrad (ND)
Dorgan (ND)
McCaskill (MO)
Webb (VA)
Warner (VA)
Landrieu (LA)
Pryor (AR)
Tester (MT)
Hagan (NC)

Senate Republicans:

Hutchison (TX)
Brownback (KS)
Murkowski (AK)
Kirk (IL)
Bennett (UT)
Voinovich (OH)
Snowe (ME)
Collins (ME)
Lemieux (FL)
Lugar (IN)
Bunning (KY)

Tomorrow will be a historic day for all of us.
But we are still unsure of how our Congress will decide on the issue.
Please Call and email as often as you can between now and tomorrow.

Thank you,

DREAMERZ

Texas and DC office phone and fax numbers:

Abilene Office:
Phone: (325) 676-2839
Fax: (325) 676-2937

Austin Office:
Phone: (512) 916-5834
Fax: (512) 916-5839

Dallas Office:
Phone: (214) 361-3500
Fax: (214) 361-3502

Harlingen Office:
Phone: (956) 425-2253
Fax: (956) 412-1468

Houston Office:
Phone: (713) 653-3456
Fax: (713) 209-3459

San Antonio Office:
Phone: (210) 340-2885
Fax: (210) 349-6753

Washington D.C.
Phone: (202) 224-5922

"The DREAM Act is not an apple that passes when it is ripe...you must MAKE it pass!!!"

~!~!~!~!~!~!~THE DREAM WILL COME~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~

HOUSTON DEC 1, 2010

2010-12-02T20:51:00.000-08:00

Pictures from Houston Event

HOUSTON Radio Interview

Hutchison Video Event

       FOR IMMEDIATE CONTACT:
           RELEASE
JANNEL ROBLES 832.816.1620
MARIA JIMENEZ 713.213.1678
GUILLERMO LOPEZ 832.335.5149

KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON ORDERS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO DENY
DREAMERS AND DREAM ACT SUPPORTERS ACCESS INTO FEDERAL BUILDING DURING
BUSINESS HOURS
DECEMBER 1, 2010
HOUSTON, TX - A delegation of Houston DREAM Act supporters and Texas hunger strikers -
on their 22nd day without solid foods – were denied access to the Mickey Leeland Federal
Building on orders to the Department of Homeland Security officers from Senator Kay Bailey
Hutchison’s office.
“We are trying to communicate with the Senator and ask her to do the reasonable thing for our
youth. We are disappointed with her for denying us access to a Federal building, for not meeting
with us, and for not standing with DREAM Act students,” says Jannell Robles, Houston DREAM
Act supporter.
DHS officers said that Senator Hutchinson’s office had been closed and were not allowed into
the building. Approximately 50 supporters including community leaders, religious leaders,
professors, students and elected officials held a rally outside as hunger strikers attempted to
enter the building.
“Representative Sheila Jackson Lee’s staff was rational enough to recognize our constitutional
right to have access to the building and invited us and supporters into their office,” said
Guillermo Lopez, Dream Act Supporter and HCC student. Upon visiting with Rep. Lee’s office,
supporters visited Hutchison’s office only to be received with a closed door and a note taped to
the door of her Nov 30th public statement on the DREAM Act.
“The DREAM Act is my last hope as well as for other undocumented students across the
country. We need it this year,” said Lucina Martinez, undergraduate at the University of Texas at
San Antonio.
The DREAM Act is bipartisan legislation that would enable young immigrants who were brought
to the United States as children without documents to normalize their immigration status by
finishing high school and enrolling in college or enlisting in the military. The measure has the
support of 70 percent of American voters, leaders of every major religious denomination in
America as well as leaders from the education, business, and military sectors. Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid has pledged to bring the DREAM Act up for a vote this year.
Guillermo Lopez, UH Student denied access to Mickey Leeland Federal Building, 832-335-5149
Lucina Martinez, Texas hunger striker denied access to Mickey Leeland Federal Building, 469-386-1118 Pamela Resendiz, Texas university student denied access to Mickey Leeland Federal Building, 210-693-8533 Sylvia Mintz, Houston Lawyer denied access to Mickey Leeland Federal Building, 832-314-7394 Support: CRECEN, Alianza Mexicana, International Action Center, Mi Familia Vota, Houston Interfaith Worker Justice, and FIEL Houston

pictures from jail, press statement, vigil, houston, austin

2010-12-02T19:47:00.000-08:00

2010-12-02T19:32:00.000-08:00

en español, para todos los padres que hicieron el sacrificio para todos nosotros.

Senator Hutchison, The Eyes of TX Are Upon You

On Monday Dream Act youth and allies staged a peaceful sit it at Senator Hutchison’s San Antonio office asking the decade old question of “What will it take?” On the Senator’s watch, sixteen of these courageous youth and community members were arrested. This included Pastor Lorenza Andrade Smith who has decided to stay in jail until the DREAM Act gets a vote in the Senate.

Pastor Smith is a leader of C.O.P.S/ Metro Alliance. She is a clergywoman for the Rio Grande Conference for the United Methodist Church and has been fasting since Thanksgiving. The alliance meets with the mayor, councilmen and Senators to discuss community issues and they have discussed immigration concerns such as the DREAM Act.

Two days later, the Houston community followed the escalation at the Mickey Leland Federal Building as a new version of the DREAM Act came out. Even though the changes in the new version are exactly what Senator Hutchison indicated she wanted, the Senator locked the doors on Houston’s DREAM Act youth and supporters.

It seems business as usual at Suite 800 was not so usual in the middle of the workweek.

Today, the action continues in Austin where a rally is scheduled outside Senator Hutchison’s office. In all this, we expect to get a more positive answer from the Senator as we are sure she knows the stakes. We certainly are not able to continue doing the supposed “right” actions like countless of lobby visits and at the end of the day being locked out.

Senator Hutchison, we want you to stand with us and as you know, the eyes of Texas are upon you.

written by,
http://txdeclared.blogspot.com/

true American values plus help the economy.

The blow by blow of what happened in Houston today. Shame on Senator Hutchison

2010-12-01T21:40:00.000-08:00

Falkenberg: Pro-immigration protesters' cause stopped short

The thin gaggle of demonstrators outside the Mickey Leland Federal Building Wednesday afternoon didn't seem to be looking for trouble.
The few dozen protesters wanted to hoist some signs. They wanted to stand on the corner across from a place that sells passport photos and chant "si se puede" at the oblivious rush hour drivers rumbling past.
And a few of them, four, including a couple of media-celeb hunger strikers from the University of Texas at San Antonio, wanted to walk inside. And get on the elevator. And knock on the door of Suite 800. And talk with their senator.
They understood, of course, that Kay Bailey Hutchison herself wouldn't be there. She's rarely there. But they could at least talk to one of her staffers. Start a dialogue. Ask the senator why she won't vote for DREAM Act legislation before Congress that's nearly identical to what she voted for and fought for in 2007. Ask her if the newest version of the bill, filed just the night before by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., could change her mind.
Hutchison is considered one of a few swing votes Democrats need to pass the measure, which offers a path to legalization for illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and stayed in school and out of trouble. The newest version of the bill, which addresses many of critics' concerns, could come up for a vote in the House this week, but it's still considered a long shot.
Mostly, the group at the Leland building wanted to let Hutchison, or at least a few of her staffers, see the faces of a few people whose futures depend on the bill's passage.
They didn't get far.
As they approached the tall building with dark reflective windows, an officer with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service blocked their path.
"We just got word the office is closed," the officer told the crowd and the scattering of TV cameras and reporters. "You have to call the local number to get an appointment."
The protesters persisted. Couldn't they just walk up to see for themselves if staffers were there? Drop a new version of the bill in her mailbox? Wasn't this a public building? Isn't Hutchison a public official? Could they at least pay a visit to Sheila? On the latter, the officer agreed, though he would allow only two to board the elevator to Jackson Lee's office.
Note taped to door
To the rest of the questions the officer stuck to his script: The office is closed. Call for an appointment.
"We're being denied access to a federal building? Taxpayers and combat veterans are being denied access to a federal building?" called Mike Chavez, 46, of Houston, a tall man in a white Polo with Stars and Stripes collar who said he served 15 years in the Air Force.
"Are members of the media allowed in?" I asked the officer. He told me no. I decided to walk in anyway. Officers inside started to turn me away when another offered to escort me up to Hutchison's office.
"We don't want to give the impression that the federal government is closed for business," he explained in the elevator, asking not to be named. But he said he and the other officers were simply honoring Hutchison's request.

The senator's office appeared empty through the glass doors. I knocked and no one answered. Taped to the glass was a one-paragraph statement the senator had released earlier this week, explaining why she couldn't support the version of the DREAM Act then being discussed.
It was the same statement her office had e-mailed to me when I asked for comment. It didn't answer my questions. It only left me with more.
For one thing, it explains that, in the past, Hutchison had supported a "temporary student visa" to allow undocumented students "who have lived here their entire lives" to further their education.
Path to residency
In the decade since its existence, the DREAM Act has been a path to legal permanent residence for college students and military members, not a "temporary" visa. And if the students had lived in the U.S. their entire lives, they wouldn't need authorization to live here.
Maybe Hutchison's staff was concerned for their safety. Protesters were arrested at her San Antonio office earlier this week. Maybe they've just grown tired of listening.
Back downstairs, the crowd had begun to chant, "This is our building! Let us in! Let us in!"
The officers, who now numbered four, stood their ground, arms crossed, faces drained.
The protesters began to walk away, some with parting words.
"This is a great lesson in democracy," 64-year-old retired schoolteacher Gloria Rubac told the officers. "You ought to be embarrassed. Mickey Leland is rolling over in his grave."
lisa.falkenberg@chron.com

Community Camps in front of Detention Center Showing Solidarity for those Detained by Senator Hutchison

2010-11-30T01:42:00.000-08:00

Community Stays out All Night to show their solidarity for those detained and TO SEND A MESSAGE TO SENATOR HUTCHISON THAT SHE MUST SUPPORT THE DREAM ACT NOW!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!

Call Senator Hutchison NOW!@!@@!!@!

More videos and images of the Senator's Arrests and the current Community Support outside of the detention center will be posted as they arrive.

If you have any images, please upload them on facebook and/or e-mail them so we may post them on this blog. Our email is dreamactnow.utsa@gmail.com

Thank you all again for your continued support and remember to Call Senator Hustchison NOW and OFTEN!

~!~!~Senator Hutchison Orders the ARREST of 16 Dream Act Hunger Strikers!~!~!

2010-11-30T00:24:00.000-08:00

Today, Monday November 30th 2010 at Senator Hutchison's San Antonio office, 16 brave Huger Strikers and supporting community members were arrested at the order of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. This is the 21st day of the Hunger Strike and now these courageous leaders are in jail. CALL THE SENATOR AND TELL HER THAT ORDERING THE ARREST OF THE HUGER STRIKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS AN IRRESPONSIBLE RESPONSE, THAT SHE MUST LISTEN TO HER CONSTITUENTS, AND THAT SHE MUST SUPPORT AND VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE DREAM ACT!!!!!!

Contact Phone Numbers:

Abilene Office:
Phone: (325) 676-2839
Fax: (325) 676-2937

Austin Office:
Phone: (512) 916-5834
Fax: (512) 916-5839

Dallas Office:
Phone: (214) 361-3500
Fax: (214) 361-3502

Harlingen Office:
Phone: (956) 425-2253
Fax: (956) 412-1468

Houston Office:
Phone: (713) 653-3456
Fax: (713) 209-3459

San Antonio Office:
Phone: (210) 340-2885
Fax: (210) 349-6753

CALL NOW!!!
CALL OFTEN!!!
TELL SENATOR HUTCHISON THAT SHE CAN NO LONGER PLAY GAMES WITH OUR LIVES!!!

Below are several Photos and Videos of the Day Senator Hutchison Ordered the Arrest of Her Own Constituents.

San Antonio community rallies behind Tx Hunger Strikers on 20th Day

2010-11-29T10:10:00.000-08:00

Press Advisory

Contact: William Wise 210-232-5893
Alternate: Flavia de la Fuente 949-910-6362

San Antonio community rallies behind Texas hunger strikers on their 20th day
Community converges on Senator Hutchison’s district office to demand DREAM Act

What: Rally, street theater, die-in for the DREAM Act

Why: We are converging on Senator Hutchison’s office to urge her to support the DREAM Act. The lame duck session begins today, Monday November 29, in Washington D.C. and we need the support of Texas Senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) to pass this responsible, common-sense piece of immigration legislation.
The DREAM Act is bipartisan legislation that would enable young immigrants who were brought to the United States as children without documents to normalize their immigration status by finishing high school and enrolling in college or enlisting in the military. The measure has the support of 70 percent of American voters, leaders of every major religious denomination in America as well as leaders from the education, business, and military sectors. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has pledged to bring the DREAM Act up for a vote this year.
When: November 29, 2010 from 3:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Where: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s Local Office
3133 General Hudnell Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226

Who: Community leaders, professors, religious leaders, students and DREAM Act hunger strikers.
“I am behind several papers for my school’s term and trying to catch up, but without the DREAM Act enacted, my college degree will be useless,” states Pamela Resendiz, undergraduate at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
“The DREAM Act is my last hope as well as for other undocumented students across the country. We need it this year,” implores Lucina Martinez, undergraduate at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Available for comment:

Lucina Martinez, hunger striker 469-386-1118
Pamela Resendiz 210-693-8533
Felipe Vargas, hunger striker 210-844-0005
Claudia Sanchez, hunger striker 210-912-1863
Martha Quintanilla, hunger striker 210-316-6402

JOIN OUR ACTION ON MONDAY AT SENATOR HUTCHISON'S OFFICE

2010-11-24T19:21:00.000-08:00

2010-11-23T11:12:00.001-08:00

http://www.latinousa.org/

DREAM allies join hunger strike

2010-11-23T01:37:00.000-08:00

DREAM allies join hunger strike

By Audrey White, Daily Texan Staff
Published: Monday, November 22, 2010

Andrew Torrey | Daily Texan Staff

Junior Roberto Flotte gives a Native American blessing to students participating in the hunger strike to pressure a decision on the DREAM Act on the West Mall on Monday.

Eight UT students will join a statewide hunger strike in support of the DREAM Act.
Their primary aim for the strike is to urge Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to support the legislation, they said.

The DREAM Act would guarantee a pathway to permanent legal residency for undocumented students who came to the U.S. before the age of 16, have no criminal record and spend two years in college or the military. A group of UT-San Antonio students have been on a hunger strike since Nov. 10.

“The DREAM Act is not an amnesty bill; it will only benefit those that will contribute back to this country,” said chemistry freshman Adrian Reyna, a member of undocumented student and allies group University Leadership Initiative. “We will strike until we have a response — a response in favor not of us, but in favor of this country.”

U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced last week that he would push for the DREAM Act as a stand-alone bill in hopes of passing it during the lame-duck session. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., set it to appear before the House on Nov. 29.

Although Hutchison has expressed support for the DREAM Act in the past, she said that she will not vote for it in its current form, claiming it is too far-reaching and may benefit those who do not actually graduate from U.S. high schools. The hunger strikes will not affect her position on the legislation, said Hutchison spokeswoman Courtney Sanders.

“The senator’s position on the current legislation remains the same, but she has expressed her concern for the safety and welfare of the students who are pursuing the hunger strike,” Sanders said in a statement. “The senator appreciates their passion but strongly believes that they should pursue safer and more constructive methods of promoting their cause.”

The UT students who are participating in the hunger strike said they will continue their strike indefinitely until Hutchison agrees to support the legislation or until the U.S. Senate takes a vote.

“We feel like we have done pretty much everything else — letter writing, phone banking, rallies, press conferences,” said civil engineering senior Loren Campos, ULI president and an undocumented student. “We hope the hunger strike will create the urgency necessary to let Hutchison know that there is a support base of Texans here and across the state that want her to vote for the DREAM Act as it is.”

CONSEJOS PARA LOS DREAMERS - Tips for Fasters in Solidarity

2010-11-23T01:25:00.000-08:00

Angela Davis in San Antonio, TX standing in solidarity with Dream Act NOW! Hunger Strikers.

Some tips for fasters from “Fasting and Eating for Health”

by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

● We are not starving! This is an inherently different act that allows us to
recharge ourselves physically and spiritually. Don't be worried, as a thin
individual can fast for approximately 40 days without showing signs of
starvation.

● Fasting helps your body heal; not only are we making a symbolic
statement for the Dream Act, but it will help us recover from our usual diets
and lifestyles; it's a win-win situation!

● Because of our rich diet, we might have withdrawal symptoms such as
headaches, extreme fatigue; but you will feel better very quickly, with most
of the symptoms becoming non-existent after 2 days.

● Blood test must be done weekly. You should also do a blood test right
before you start to ensure no kidney or liver issues because your blood
pressure will drop.

● No drugs! Both pharmaceutical and narcotics; check with the doctor if you
are taking prescriptions.

● Due to low blood pressure, refrain from standing up fast or getting excited.

● You will feel colder than usual, so bring extra blankets or sleeping bags.

● During and initially after the fast, no chlorinated tap water; try to drink spring water.

● No sunbathing, hot baths; you can walk around a bit, but no strenuous
exercise.

● You will require less sleep, but rest through the night.

● Only side-effects will come from detoxifying yourself. One possible
scenario is that you might become light-headed and possibly faint -- can be
avoided with precautions.

● About 1 out of 20 fasters vomit, but it happens because they are
dehydrated. Drink at least a quart of water a day no matter what even if
you don’t feel like it.

● Must break fast slowly: usually one half of an orange or piece of
watermelon size of a small fist. Introduce foods slowly as your digestive
system has been on a long break.

● No pineapple or any fermented food. No under and overripe food
immediately after a fast. No dried herbs or spices added; no slightly rotten
food; no dry foods like baked potatoes, grains or dried fruits. EAT HIGH
WATER CONTENT FOOD.

2010-11-22T18:30:00.001-08:00

Texas Dream Act Hunger Strikers Speak with Jorge Ramos

2010-11-21T16:53:00.000-08:00

El Dream Act a punto de dejar de ser sueño - Univision Noticias

Day 12: TX Dream Act Hunger Strikers

2010-11-21T13:24:00.000-08:00

church event tonight

2010-11-21T13:00:00.000-08:00

Press Release

Contact: William Wise

210-232-5893

United Methodist Church supports DREAM Act Hunger Strikers with Vigil speakers

What: Sunday service provided by the United Methodist Church to hold DREAM vigil and time to sign DREAM Act Petition

Why: To support the UTSA Dream Act Now Hunger Strikers and their cause- to pass the DREAM Act this year.

Who: United Methodist Church with Pastor John Feagins and UTSA Dream Act Now Hunger Strikers

When and Where: Sunday, November 21 at 6:00 p.m.;

Travis Park UMC located downtown at Travis and Navarro. There is a

parking garage across the street.

Pastor John Feagins available for comment and questions 210-326-4996

Texas Catholic Sisters Call On Senator Hutchison

2010-11-19T14:13:00.001-08:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Elise D. García, OP or Carol Coston, OP

November 17, 2010 (830) 537-4327 or (210) 317-4195 or (210) 317-4185

TEXAS CATHOLIC SISTERS

CALL ON SENATOR HUTCHISON

TO MEET WITH HUNGER-STRIKING UTSA STUDENTS

IN SUPPORT OF DREAM ACT

Catholic Sisters from diverse religious orders and congregations ministering in Texas, primarily in the San Antonio area, today called on Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) to meet with UTSA students who, on Nov. 10, started a hunger strike as a last-resort effort to win passage of the DREAM Act in the lame duck session of Congress. The students have been seeking an opportunity to meet with Sen. Hutchison to have “an open dialogue” about legislation that would provide undocumented students, who were brought to the United States as children, a pathway to legal status. Several of the hunger strikers are undocumented themselves, risking not only physical injury but also deportation.

In a letter addressed to Senator Hutchison, the Sisters called on her to meet with the students to discuss the DREAM Act. “While we decidedly share your concern for the safety and welfare of the students pursuing the hunger strike, we also share their hopes and dreams for a future in the only country they have ever known,” the Sisters wrote. “You are not the first to express concern about their safety or to urge consideration of other methods! But these young people, like other courageous figures in our nation’s history are standing up for something they believe in—making enormous sacrifices to secure a remedy for some 210,000 fellow students in Texas and some 2 million similarly situated students nationwide.”

Nearly thirty Sisters from ten congregations signed the letter, which concluded: “We ask you to meet with these students so that you might engage in an open dialogue, share views on the matter, and come up with a just, workable proposal. We urge you to join the march of history and play a key leadership role in helping to enact DREAM Act legislation in this session of Congress.”

A copy of the letter is attached.

# # #

TEXAS CATHOLIC SISTERS

28 Hein Road * Boerne, TX 78006 * 830.537.4327

November 17, 2010

The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Hutchison,

As residents of Texas and Roman Catholic Sisters who are members of diverse congregations and orders of women religious serving and ministering in Texas, most in the San Antonio area, we write to express our concern about Congress’s failure to act on comprehensive immigration reform, including the DREAM Act, and the current efforts to press for immigration reform of some of our young people at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

One week ago today, on Nov. 10, a group of UTSA students began a hunger strike to press for passage of the DREAM Act in the lame-duck Congress, when legislation is expected to be reintroduced. On the fourth day of their hunger strike, these students marched for seven hours, from UTSA’s campus on the city’s outer loop to the San Fernando Cathedral in downtown San Antonio. Some of us were there on Saturday evening, watching them light candles and prayerfully hold vigil in the shadow of our nation’s oldest continuously operating cathedral.

The students have asked to meet with you. On Monday, Nov. 15, they met with members of your staff in San Antonio and expressed their desire to engage in “open dialogue” with you, knowing that you have supported the DREAM Act in the past. Soon after the inconclusive meeting, your office released a press statement in which you stated your opposition to “the current DREAM Act legislation” and expressed concerns “for the safety and welfare of the students pursuing the hunger strike.” Your statement admonished the students to pursue “safer and more constructive methods of promoting their cause.”

Senator, a number of these students have been pursuing “constructive” methods for promoting comprehensive immigration reform, including the DREAM Act, for the past ten years. While we decidedly share your concern for the safety and welfare of the students pursuing the hunger strike, we also share their hopes and dreams for a future in the only country they have ever known. Parents, teachers, and friends are very proud of these students and the integrity and soulfulness of their actions, yet deeply alarmed by their potential ramifications. You are not the first to express concern about their safety or to urge consideration of other methods! But these young people, like other courageous figures in our nation’s history, are standing up for something they believe in—making enormous sacrifices to secure a remedy for some 210,000 fellow students in Texas and some 2 million similarly situated students nationwide.

[Letter to Senator Hutchison from Texas Catholic Sisters – p. 2]

We call on you to meet with these students so that you might engage in an open dialogue, share views on the matter, and come up with a just, workable proposal. We urge you to join the march of history and play a key leadership role in helping to enact DREAM Act legislation in this session of Congress. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Sister Sylvia Ahr, OSB Boerne Benedictine Sisters

Sister Pearl Ceasar, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Carol Coston, OP Dominican Sisters of Adrian

Sister Eleanor Cresap, OP Dominican Sisters of Houston

Sister Paula Enderle, OP Dominican Sisters of Houston

Sister Dorothy Ettling, CCVI Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word

Sister Lucille Ann Fritsch, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Barbara Fry, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Bernie Galvin, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Elise D. García, OP Dominican Sisters of Adrian

Sister Imelda González, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Marie M. Griffin, OP Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa

Sister Esther M. Guerrero, MCDP Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence

Sister Neomi Hayes, CCVI Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word

Sister Delia M. Herrera, MCDP Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence

Sister Geraldine Kline, OP Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa

Sister Gabriella Lohan, SHSp Srs. of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate

Sister Carol Mayes, OP, Prioress Dominican Sisters of Houston

Sister Susan Mika, OSB Boerne Benedictine Sisters

Sister Maureen O’Connell, OP Dominican Sisters of Adrian

Sister Madlyn Pape, CDP Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Bernadine Reyes, OSB, Prioress Boerne Benedictine Sisters

Sister Cecilia Rodríguez, SSCJ Sr. Serv. of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sister Ceil Roeger, OP Dominican Sisters of Houston

Sister Jane Ann Slater, CDP, Superior General Sisters of Divine Providence

Sister Lavergne Schwender, OP Dominican Sisters of Houston

Sister Cindy Stacy, CCVI Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word

Sister Yolanda Tarango, CCVI, Cong. Leader Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word

Sister Grace Walle, FMI Marianist Sisters

Undocumented Youth Meet with Senator Hutchison

2010-11-19T10:03:00.000-08:00

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: William Wise
210-232-5893

UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH MEET WITH SENATOR HUTCHISON
No commitment from Hutchison, hunger strikes for the DREAM Act spread statewide

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 18, 2010- Undocumented youth from Texas met with Senator Hutchison in Washington, DC to bring a message from San Antonio hunger strike participants, who have been refusing solid food for over a week as they urge Hutchison's support for the DREAM Act.

Two Texas undocumented youth and graduates of Texas universities, Jose Torres-Don and Alicia Torres-Don, met with the Senator on Wednesday, November 17th and pleaded with her for support of the DREAM Act.

Senator Hutchison has refused to make a statement of support for the DREAM Act, citing her interest in a visa process instead of a conditional residency for DREAM-eligible youth.

“The DREAM Act has been in existence, in one form or another, for nearly a decade. At this point, citing procedure and proposing less than fully-formed alternatives is unacceptable. We have lobbied Senator Hutchison for years, she knows our circumstances, and we will not be used as a political football.", states Jose Torres-Don.
Pamela Resendiz, a DREAM-eligible youth on hunger strike in San Antonio, echoes that disappointment: "We are taking physical risks to draw attention to the plight of thousands. Our lives have always been at stake, and we are willing to do whatever it takes to show Senator Hutchison that we will not give up until we have her very crucial support."
"We know Senator Hutchison believes in common-sense solutions, which is why we are confident that she will support the DREAM Act: legislation based on hard work, education, and service," states Lucina Martinez.

Hunger Strikes are projected to happen throughout Brownsville, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and other states will join.

Jose Torres-Don is available for comment. 512-744-8804

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DREAM Act NOW! at UTSA is a student organization composed of immigrant youth and their allies committed to promoting passage of the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is a federal bipartisan legislation that would allow for an earned opportunity for undocumented youth to adjust their immigration status if they have been in the U.S. before the age of sixteen, have maintained good moral character and pursue two years of higher education or two years in the Armed Forces. The legislation would only offer relief to immigrant youth who have been in the United States five years prior to the legislation being enacted.

Gaby Pacheco said that Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has so far refused to meet with DREAM Act activists who are on the ninth day of a hunger strike to gain attention for the bill, would be a crucial vote. “Not only did she vote for it in 2007, but she’s retiring this year,” Pacheco said. “She has the opportunity to support the DREAM Act.”

2010-11-17T15:04:00.000-08:00

DREAM Act Youth Occupy McCain’s Office as Lame-Duck Vote Nears

The floor of the House of Representatives. Photo: Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla

Wednesday, November 17 2010, 9:30 AM ESTTags: 2010 Elections, DREAM Act, immigration reform

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UPDATE 5:07pm ET: After a brief conversation with DREAM Act activists in which Sen. John McCain was encouraging but noncommittal about his support for the bill, McCain left his offices, which were scheduled to close at 5pm. Police arrived shortly after, and arrests of the six activists are expected.

UPDATE 1:30pm ET: Six undocumented youth are camped out inside Arizona Sen. John McCain’s D.C. office and plan to say there until they can get a statement of support from McCain. In doing so they risk arrest, and deportation.

“Not too long ago, Senator McCain was a champion, he supported and rallied for us,” said Guillermo, one of the young people taking part in the sit-in. “I look up to him as a war hero and are only asking from him to give me the same opportunity he had to serve and protect this nation, I want to be Marine.”

……………….

The DREAM Act, which has been unable to clear filibuster threats for years, clawed its way back to life again yesterday as Democrats plotted an attempt to move the bill before a new, Republican-powered Congress takes over next year.

The day began with a White House meeting between President Obama and Congressional Hispanic Caucus leadership, and ended with the announcement from New York Rep. Nydia Velasquez that Speaker Nancy Pelosi had tentatively set Nov. 29 as the date to bring the DREAM Act up for a vote.

President Obama has been a reliable DREAM Act supporter, but has done little publicly to get the bill moving, until now. In a stark departure from his administration’s hardline stance on immigration, the White House announced that Obama promised to put his weight behind passing the DREAM Act in the lame duck session.

“The President and the CHC leaders believe that, before adjourning, Congress should approve the DREAM Act,” a White House statement read. “This legislation has traditionally enjoyed support from Democratic and Republican lawmakers and would give young people who were brought as minors to the United States by their parents the opportunity to earn their citizenship by pursuing a college degree or through military service.”

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez and Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, both of whom have been vocal proponents of focusing on a more comprehensive immigration reform bill, were also in the White House meeting, which Gutierrez said was productive.

“Passage of the DREAM Act is achievable right now,” Gutierrez said in a statement. “With the White House, Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and every Democratic Leader in the House and Senate pulling in the same direction, we can pass the DREAM Act before the end of the 111th Congress.”

Reid vowed during his hard-fought re-election campaign to bring the bill up for a vote after the election. Latino voters are widely considered to have made the difference in Reid’s narrow victory over tea party-backed challenger Sharron Angle.

The DREAM Act would give nearly a million undocumented youth with a clean criminal record a green card if they committed two years in the military or college. After a contentious year of aggressive organizing, the immigrant rights movement has coalesced behind the bill, which is considered low-hanging fruit in the decades-long fight to get immigration reform passed.

President Obama’s support of the bill is not new, but his willingness to take on a public role to fight for the bill is. Politico reported that Gutierrez said Obama was prepared to pick up the phone to urge senators to vote for the bill when it comes to a vote.

“We feel it’s a positive step that Obama is coming out,” said Matias Ramos, a DREAM activist and founding member of United We Dream. “It’s fantastic,” echoed Gaby Pacheco, a DREAMer and an organizer with Presente.org. “We are really excited to finally see some leadership, but at the same time we know that we’ve heard this before.”

Pressure is high for Congress to deliver the DREAM Act now before the new class of Congress steps in next year. Democrats lost six seats in the Senate and gave up their majority in the House during the midterm elections. Many immigration advocates worry that if the DREAM Act doesn’t happen now, the immigrant community will have to wait a long time before it has the chance to see the light of day again.

Even though DREAM Act activists continually boast about the bill’s bipartisan support, many of its Republican cosponsors have abandoned the bill, and even conservative Democrats appear to be skittish in today’s anti-immigrant climate.

“There are senators that were co-sponsors of the DREAM Act before who are so far away from us now,” said Ramos, citing Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo and Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley among Republicans who cosponsored the DREAM Act in 2003. “Their absence in this movement symbolizes the rightward shift on the Republican party and that’s something that’s going to hurt them in 2012 if they don’t get their act together. We’re hoping it’s enough.”

In the coming days DREAM activists will be pushing hard to win back former cosponsors of the DREAM Act, including Arizona Sen. John McCain, whose dramatic re-branding of himself as a hardline anti-immigrant foe makes him an unlikely ally. “We’re going to try to bring him back to the table,” Ramos said.

Pacheco said that Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has so far refused to meet with DREAM Act activists who are on the ninth day of a hunger strike to gain attention for the bill, would be a crucial vote. “Not only did she vote for it in 2007, but she’s retiring this year,” Pacheco said. “She has the opportunity to support the DREAM Act.”

Pacheco imagined the script Obama should use to sway hesitant Democrats: “Every Democrat needs to vote for this. This is something that’s important to the immigrant community. If I’m going to ask them for my vote in 2012 we need to deliver for them now.” She suggested that Obama turn to Republicans and remind them that the Defense Department fully supports the DREAM Act.

Several key Democrats owe their jobs to Latinos, who turned out in support of them during the midterms, and many see this as Democrats’ only chance to fulfill promises of immigration reform before 2012.

In September, as campaign season heated up, Reid attempted to attach the DREAM Act and a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal to the defense authorization bill. Both failed to make it to the Senate floor by a 56-43 vote, with not a single Republican voting for in favor. Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, a Democrat who lost her seat in the midterms, sided with Republicans as well.

Pacheco said that DREAM activists are using the September vote as a road map for who they need to target in the coming days.

“But the line that’s also going around right now is that we might run out of time,” said Ramos. “The only certain things we know are that we’re going to have to keep pushing and holding their feet to the fire, and telling them what the DREAM Act means to so many young people who are caught in the middle.”

And what happens if the DREAM Act doesn’t make it through during this lame duck session?

“We’re in the mindset that that’s beyond our level of consideration right now,” said Ramos, adding that a group of leaders is, however, already strategizing for the next Congress. “Right now we are ready to mobilize to make our presence felt on Capitol Hill.”

PLEASE ACT ON THE DREAM ACT NOW!

2010-11-17T10:18:00.001-08:00

You Want the DREAM ACT to stop being a DREAM????
Here you go, this is how you can help:

-Democrats
Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia),
Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia),
Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska),
Kay Hagan (D-North Carolina),
Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas),
Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas),
Jim Webb (D-Virginia),
Mark Warner (D-Virginia),
Max Baucus (D-Montana), J
on Tester (D-Montana),
Mary Landrieu (D-Lousiana),
Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota),
Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota).

-Republicans
Olympia Snowe (R-Maine),
Susan Collins (R-Maine),
Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire),
George Voinovich (R-Ohio),
George LeMieux (R-Florida),
Sam Brownback (R-Kansas),
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah),
Robert Bennet (R-Utah),
John McCain (R-Arizona),
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas),
John Cornyn (R-Texas),
Scott Brown (R-Massachusettes),
Kit Bond (R-Missouri),
Jim Bunning (R-Kentucky),
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska),
Richard Lugar (R-Indiana).

ALL CONTACT INFORMATION:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

I realize the numbers are not all posted above with the names, but they are ALL in the link above... Look for the senator you are calling and all his/her info will be there for you. WE MUST PUT ON PRESSURE!!! WE MUST! We do have a chance, we do have hope, so let's act upon that!

Many of these senators are retiring and their votes can be convinced! Most of these senators are on the fence or they suppport it in their hearts but are afraid to vote yes because of the pressure from our opponents! Call them 24/7 ask them to support dream act!

Also keep calling Obama (202)456-1111. Reason for keep calling Obama is to keep the pressure on him to make sure that he's not "all talk" this time and that he will be more serious and more active this time.

Day 7 - Want to Thank & give Gracias to Javier & Dwight at www.peacesupplies.org

2010-11-16T14:52:00.000-08:00

BREAKING NEWS!

2010-11-16T14:36:00.000-08:00

Press statement from the White House - "The President and the CHC leaders
believe that, before adjourning, Congress should approve the DREAM Act."

This is our time to keep on pushing ... our victory is near. DREAM ACT NOW

Dream Act Ally from Indiana - Will you stand in and fast for the dream act in solidarity like Dr. Smiley and many others?

2010-11-15T12:28:00.000-08:00

To Texas Dream Act Hunger Strikers:

I have contacted Lugar, Bayh, and Carson's offices directly to let them know I not only support your efforts but will be joining you. Hope this helps, ads

Message sent to the following recipients:
Representative Carson
Message text follows:

Azure Dee Smiley
Speedway, IN 46224

November 15, 2010

[recipient address was inserted here]

Dear [recipient name was inserted here],

My name is Dr. Azure Dee Smiley. I am a registered democrat, I live in your
district, and have visited your office numerous times on behalf of the
Council for Exceptional Children. I really enjoyed our conversations
around the use of hip hop in the K-12 classroom. As you may remember I am
a professor in the school of education at the University of Indianapolis.
I wanted to request that you support the Dream Act in the upcoming "lame
duck" session. As a scholar in the field of multicultural education I
believe strongly that both qualitative and quantitative data are showing
us that this act is vital for our youth, our future, and our fiscal
stability. I would be happy to discuss this further with you if you have
questions.

Sincerely,

Dr. Azure Dee Smiley

--
Azure Dee Smiley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Special Education and Multicultural Education
UIndy

Educators as Decision Makers: Creating, Collaborating, Communicating

"No nation has become high-achieving by sanctioning schools based on test-score targets and closing those that serve the neediest students without providing adequate resources and quality teaching."
Linda Darling Hammond, 2010

DAY 6

2010-11-15T01:34:00.000-08:00

TX DREAM ACT NOW! HUNGER STRIKERS CONTINUE UNITL DREAM IS VOTED ON!

Texas Hunger Strikers push for the Dream Act Now!

2010-11-12T20:34:00.000-08:00

We're on Day 4 of the Hunger Strike

What: Hunger strike until we have a response from Senator Hutchison. We need for her to support for the Dream Act. Simultaneously, we will be urging all peoples to call and write personal letters to the their legislators around the country; we have the power to make the Dream Act a reality.

Who: Dream Act students and allies from Dream Act Now! at UTSA. 13 students committed to hunger strike.

Why: We want to urge our university and our community to stand with us and fight for legislation that is based on hard work, education, and service. We want to let everyone know that we cannot wait any longer for the Dream Act to be passed. It needs to pass this year.

When and Where:

Saturday, November 13 at 9:00 a.m. - Meet at the Statue at the 1604 campus and leave at 10a.m. for a Dream Act Procession down to San Fernando Cathedral's Main Plaza

At 6 p.m. we will Start of our vigil at San Fernando Cathedral ( 115 S Main Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205-2718)

DREAM ACT NOW!

2010-11-12T20:20:00.000-08:00

Dream Act Now Hunger Strike in San Antonio

2010-11-12T13:52:00.000-08:00

Day 3 of Hunger Strike

2010-11-12T12:17:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday after 8 hours of the hunger strike, Senator Hutchison responded:

“The Senator appreciates the passion of these young people for their cause, but she has been clear that she does not support the current DREAM Act legislation,” the statement said. “The Senator had previously proposed a way for students, who have gotten their primary and secondary education in the United States and want to go to college here, to get a temporary visa. She believes the current legislation goes far beyond the intended group of children who have grown up in America.”

As of right now, we want to have a meeting with her so we can discuss the issue. We are continuing striking, filling petitions and making calls.

Texas Hunger Strikers BIO from UTSA

2010-11-10T01:59:00.001-08:00

I’m going on this hunger strike because we the students have been fighting for the DREAM ACT for almost a decade now and nothing has been done to help the exemplary students so that they too can make their dreams a realization of getting an university degree and be able to work and contribute to our society. This country was founded on immigrants whether they were legal or not and this is the land of opportunities and where DREAMS come true, yet nothing concrete has been done to help the future of this country, the students, that are some of the brightest students that posses the potential to become one day the doctors, lawyers, Congressmen/women, Senators, Military Generals, Engineers to this great country! These students love this country and this is the only home they really know. These students are Americans and just because they don't have a social security number doesn't make them any less American because a number doesn't define who you are! We are going on a hunger strike so that something concrete gets done. Please help us pass the DREAM ACT!!!! Thank you.

-Claudia Sanchez
Pre-Law, Local Activist, LULAC, Cesar E. Chavez March and Educational Foundation
San Antonio Tx

As I said before, I am more than willing to commit to the Dream Act cause and I have not changed my mind since then. Through the process of pushing this movement, I discovered this cause is for the benefits of everyone. One must help the other. Dream Act students are my community, peers, friends and motivation to continue stretching my efforts to put the Dream Act up to vote. The time is now and I feel that Dream Act students have no better place to be than in the United States. I once read a book called "No One Belongs Here More Than You." Its subject matter is completely irrelevant to today's events, but the book's title perpetuates a key idea. Every one has an equal opportunity to be in a place they want to be.

My mom was not born in the United States but in Mexico. She moved to the United States illegally but forced to by family woes. Grant it, she committed a mistake but she stayed persistent and gained residency by working with all her energy to raise a family she knew would prosper. Although I was born in the US, I grew accustomed to the turbulent ways of undocumented immigrants throughout my whole life. It's a lifestyle that challenges courage, persistence, emotional weaknesses and strengths of any human. As of right now, I do not see any place restricted to any one. I do see my friends becoming excellent students. I see a diverse community breaking apart the banal image of a heterogeneous group with new ideas and new perspectives. I see a person reaching their full potential to help others in need.

-William Octavio Wise

William Octavio Wise,

Art History, Local Activist, MASSO, DAN!

I am a U.S. citizen and a junior at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I am currently studying history and sociology to become a lawyer and I support the DREAM Act. I am starving for the DREAM Act because I have hope that all the efforts that U.S. citizens, the undocumented, students and professionals alike have done will push this legislation into law.

This action will hopefully get the attention of those who were recently elected who want to pass anti-immigration laws such as one similar to Arizona's SB1070 and harsh border security that will harm honest members of our community. I am hungry for the DREAM Act in order to give those who have worked incredibly hard and paid their way through college an opportunity to use these skills in our society rather than deport them as if they were criminals.

-Maribel Hermosillo

History and Sociology and SWU

I am in support of the DREAM Act because I am a firm believer in equal rights, opportunity, and dignity for all human beings. When I witness injustice within my community, it is injustice that affects everyone. I stand here in support today in complete solidarity with my fellow people so that they may have the opportunities they deserve. I am Adam, and I support the DREAM Act.

-Adam Socki

History and Architecture, Co-Founder of DREAM Act Now!

I am undocumented and unafraid. I moved to this country at the age of 9 with the hopes of having a better future, something that was no longer attainable in my native country of Mexico. Although my roots are planted there, I consider myself an American; an American who believes in justice for all and a chance for equal opportunity. The DREAM exemplifies how this country was founded by immigrants and the cultural melting pot that this nation is. These students have demonstrated that through hard work the American dream is still attainable but whose future is currently halted to a stop due to the lack of proper documentation. DREAM Act will help students be on the path of citizenship and being able to give back to a country that has given them so much.

Pamela Resendiz

Political Science and Latin American Studies, Co-Founder of DREAM Act Now!

Moved to America at the age of 6, was raised in Dallas Texas. I have lived in the U.S for more than 14 years of my life. I need the Dream Act to pass because my community is under attack. Our communities continue to be targeted by the extremist tea party agenda. This is my home and as an undocumented student I will continue to fight for my right to be free. I can't continue to live in the shadows and I refuse to remain silent. My mother brought me to this country to ensure me and my siblings had the opportunity for a better life. I am educated, I have worked hard, and I deserve to feel safe in my own skin. I am undocumented and I am not afraid. All I have to my name is my education and I will fight to have the opportunity to be who I want to become. I am tired of laws based on the criminalization of my people, I am tired of being treated like I don't exist, and I am tired of waiting for someone to decide when I will be allowed to be free and live a normal life.

Lucina Martinez

Women’s Studies and Mexican American Studies, Co-Founder of DREAM Act Now!

Born and raised in the borderlands of the Rio Grande Valley. 21 yrs old. Senior Undergraduate student at the Univeristy of Texas- San Antonio majoring in Political Sciences and Mexican American Studies. Initiated her social activism work through the mentorship of the Mexican American Studies Student Organization, focusing in local issues concerning with Immigrant rights, social disparity, educational programs, youth leadership, and social justice movements. Throughout the past decades, DREAMers have been left at the bottom of the of the social spectrum when it comes to being represented in the ordeal of unorganized immigration discussions among our elected officials. Undocumented children, teens, and young adults who aspire to achieve higher education in order to economically prosper and give back to their communities in this country have their dreams, their goals, their prides, and their self dignity shattered once they are treated and looked at as "criminals" by a country that they proudly call, and is, their home. I am blessed to know that in my life I have met DREAMers who are strong at heart and spirit, and whose life tough experiences have enabled them to build up a strong character that will keep them, us, active in the fight for human-social-educational justice; for we cannot, and we will not, sit around waiting for elected officials to throw around the concept of "We need comprehensive immigration reform" every time they need partisan support, a revival for patriotic sentiments, a need for elevating their own racial pride, economical back up, and political games.

Martha Quintanilla

Political Science and Mexican American Studies

I’m an undocumented immigrant who is facing deportation, but I’m nobody’s idea of a criminal, social undesirable or drain on the public till. I’m a 23-year-old college graduate from San Antonio who works in a church office. I consider myself self-sufficient and hard-working. I’m bursting with academic and professional ambitions — dreams that I have set aside because my paths to achieve them have all been closed. Immigration lawyers have told me that I have no hope of avoiding expulsion. I can only postpone it. I support the DREAM Act because it would allow so many students with many talents to give back to the country they call home.

Benita Veliz

Biology and Sociology, St. Mary’s

I am documented and I am afraid. The growing feelings of how bad can it actually get in Tejas consumes me internally? Over the last decade or so I have seen the Dream Act policy move from an education and community service bill to and education and military service bill and now there is talk of a military only option for the Dream Act legislation. Legislators like Senator Hutchison and Senator McCain whom had both previously promised to vote for the Dream Act have said NO to DREAMERS and their futures. They are directly and indirectly connected to the forces in our society solely interested in the profits made from deporting and eradicating more human beings from the U.S. than ever before.

In the last few years the Dream Act movement stopped asking for their futures and took action to demand the liberation of their lives! All over the country youth have done what so many youth throughout history have done; they stand up! I choose to stand in solidarity with the DREAM ACT NOW! Hunger Strike out of blind faith in the healing power of the community. Many of these strikers are on orders of deportation and if enough noise is not made about the dream act now we may not get a shot for another decade. This Dream Deferred cannot be continued to be Denied!

Having tried everything else we understand that given the history of capitalism in this world these economic shocks and traumas are not going end. We are constantly going to have to resist and in order to be successful. As gente on the ground level of this low intensity immigration industrial complex we have an immediate need to think long term. Not only are we advocating for the Dream Act Now but we would like the state of Tejas and all other communities willing to ride and die for their communities to be proactive about the huge amounts of new anti-immigrant legislation proposals already being introduced at the local, county, and state levels of government. Although we are told that this is just naturally what happens when a community experiences a demographics shift from majority white to majority of people of color. Often times there is an unleashing of energy that manifests as violence and bloodshed.

Our hunger strike for many of us is the beginning and the end of a spiritual path that has been laid before us. This cleansing of our bodies and coming together as 1 heart 1 mind will better prepare us for whatever the future may bring to try to increase the suffering of peoples. Given the outcome of last tuesday's elections I just couldn't sit around and allow that the more things change the more they stay the same! Please take action with me on the dream act immedietely...The Time is NOW!!!

Felipe Vargas
History, Philosophy and Education Policy Studies
Indiana University

I consider myself an activist and a fighter for human rights. I am willing to go on a hunger strike to support the DREAM Act because the time to pass it is now. We as students need to stand up for what is right and demand justice for our fellow classmates.

Julio Lopez
Anthropology and Mexican American Studies

I am a member of M-CLASS. I am willing to fight and defend my community and I support the DREAM Act. These students need the DREAM Act NOW more than ever. We cannot have another lost generation of DREAMers who are unable to fulfill their dreams of being part of this country.

Marcos J. Hernández

Political Science and Spanish

I am a Mexican American Studies major who believes in justice and in equality. The DREAM Act affects my community and the way human beings are being treated. I believe that no human being is illegal and I’m willing to go on a hunger strike to urge the San Antonio Community as well as the students at UTSA to join us in solidarity for the rights of all.

Luis Valades

Mexican American Studies

I am a student at UTSA and I support the DREAM Act. My heart is in this cause that would benefit my student colleagues who are trying to obtain a higher education in the hopes of giving back to the nation they call home. The DREAM Act would not only benefit these hard working students who have demonstrated the character to attend institutions of higher learning but as well as the community and the economy.

Jahne Campbell

Philosophy Major

I consider myself a social activist who has been involved in the fight for social justice from a very young age. I was involved in the San Antonio solidarity action against SB 1070/2281. I believe in the DREAM Act because it will benefit the youth of our society who are vital to the promotion of social change that we have been waiting for. These students are discriminated against and need to see the support of a community that must stand together against chauvinistic laws and oppression. I only hope that our humble actions encourage and inspire other dreamers in the world, especially the younger generation to stand up and say they are not afraid!

Yasmina Codina,

Anthropology and Mexican American Studies

I have been very involved in the community and I consider myself an activist. I stand in complete solidarity with these students and I believe that Senator Hutchison must immediately support the DREAM Act. I will continue to be involved in immigration reform until every human being receives justice.

Zuriel Morales,

Bachelor’s in Biology

SUPPORT TEXAS HUNGER STRIKERS

2010-11-10T01:32:00.001-08:00

sign for DREAM ACT NOW

HUNGER STRIKE FOR STUDENT RIGHTS: PASS THE DREAM ACT NOW! AT THE STATUE INFRONT OF THE JPL and MS BUILDING!

2010-11-09T22:20:00.000-08:00

Dream Act Now! at UTSA will be conducting a Hunger Strike on behalf of DREAMers all over the nation. This event is to begin on November 10, 2010 at 11 AM. Dream Act Now is a San Antonio student organization formed by Dreamers and their allies. Our mission is to pass the Dream Act and empower immigrant youth.

The Time to Act is Now!

Immigrant Youth around the country are hungry for the immediate passage of the Dream Act. We don't have the privilege to wait any longer.

We the people have the power to defend human rights and education.

Bring your picket signs and noise-makers on November 10th for Nationwide Dream week of Action to protest along with civil rights and immigrant rights advocates, radicals, youth, teachers and other public employees, feminists, LGBTQ folks, young democrats and other outraged students.

We need to get the University behind these students. These actions will be held across the state of Texas. Students take Action!

BE THERE!!!

DREAM ACT NOW! at UTSA

2010-08-26T21:39:00.000-07:00

PASS THE DREAM ACT NOW!

NOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO!

SUPPORT THE DREAM ACT! JOIN TODAY!

Dream Act Now! The DREAM is on the move

3.26.11 SAVE THE DATE!

3.26.11 SAVE THE DATE!

Immigration Youth Education Forum

GENERAL MEETINGS

FIRST GENERAL MEETING!

SAAD

DREAM Act Community Potluck: Hunger Striker's 1st SUPPER

Dream Students STUDY-IN Dirksen Senate Cafeteria!

DREAMers from all over the Nation gather in DC to Ensure a Successful Vote

Dreamers Planning. Senate Votes this Saturday. DREAM ACT is on the move!

DREAM ACT VOTE THIS SATURDAY!!!!!!!

MCCOLLUM HIGH SCHOOL RALLIES TO SUPPORT DREAM ACT!

DREAM Act Strategy Meeting @7pm-9pm

SAN ANTONIO DREAMERS WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR HUTCHISON NOVEMBER 29TH SIT-IN!!!

BREAKING: San Antonio DREAMers Will Not Be Charged

On Day 30 TX DREAM ACT HUNGER STRIKERS VOW TO KEEP ON FIGHTING!

Inspiration for the coming days to Keep our powerful Voice to support the DREAM ACT

Chairman Berman on the DREAM Act

Rep. Lewis on the DREAM Act

TOMORROW IS OUR FINAL BATTLE FOR THE DREAM ACT TO PASS!!!

SAN ANTONIO ESCALATES SUPPORT FOR DREAMERZ!

TOMORROW IS THE VOTE FOR THE DREAM ACT!!! CALL NOW. EMAIL NOW. FAX NOW. DO ANYTHING YOU CAN, NOW!!!

HOUSTON DEC 1, 2010

pictures from jail, press statement, vigil, houston, austin

The blow by blow of what happened in Houston today. Shame on Senator Hutchison

Community Camps in front of Detention Center Showing Solidarity for those Detained by Senator Hutchison

~!~!~Senator Hutchison Orders the ARREST of 16 Dream Act Hunger Strikers!~!~!

San Antonio community rallies behind Tx Hunger Strikers on 20th Day

JOIN OUR ACTION ON MONDAY AT SENATOR HUTCHISON'S OFFICE

DREAM allies join hunger strike

DREAM allies join hunger strike

CONSEJOS PARA LOS DREAMERS - Tips for Fasters in Solidarity

Texas Dream Act Hunger Strikers Speak with Jorge Ramos

Day 12: TX Dream Act Hunger Strikers

church event tonight

Texas Catholic Sisters Call On Senator Hutchison

Undocumented Youth Meet with Senator Hutchison

DREAM Act Youth Occupy McCain’s Office as Lame-Duck Vote Nears

PLEASE ACT ON THE DREAM ACT NOW!

Day 7 - Want to Thank & give Gracias to Javier & Dwight at www.peacesupplies.org

BREAKING NEWS!

Press statement from the White House - "The President and the CHC leadersbelieve that, before adjourning, Congress should approve the DREAM Act."

This is our time to keep on pushing ... our victory is near. DREAM ACT NOW

Dream Act Ally from Indiana - Will you stand in and fast for the dream act in solidarity like Dr. Smiley and many others?

DAY 6

Texas Hunger Strikers push for the Dream Act Now!

DREAM ACT NOW!

Dream Act Now Hunger Strike in San Antonio

Day 3 of Hunger Strike

Texas Hunger Strikers BIO from UTSA

I am a member of M-CLASS. I am willing to fight and defend my community and I support the DREAM Act. These students need the DREAM Act NOW more than ever. We cannot have another lost generation of DREAMers who are unable to fulfill their dreams of being part of this country.

Marcos J. Hernández

Political Science and Spanish

Zuriel Morales,

Bachelor’s in Biology

SUPPORT TEXAS HUNGER STRIKERS

HUNGER STRIKE FOR STUDENT RIGHTS: PASS THE DREAM ACT NOW! AT THE STATUE INFRONT OF THE JPL and MS BUILDING!

DREAM ACT NOW! at UTSA

Press statement from the White House - "The President and the CHC leaders
believe that, before adjourning, Congress should approve the DREAM Act."