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01-20-2009, 11:12 AM #1
DREAM Act students..hope OBAMA will support them
Immigrant Students, DREAM Act Supporters Hoping Obama Will Take Up Their Cause
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor
As the much-anticipated presidential inauguration of Barack Obama approaches, one group of immigrant activists in particular is feverishly pushing for their cause to be heard by the incoming president. They are young undocumented immigrant students who grew up in the U.S. and their supporters, who are hoping that the new administration will push for passage of the DREAM Act, a law that would allow the students to become U.S. citizens provided they meet certain conditions.
Undocumented students, hoping to come out of the shadows.
Hoping to come out of the shadows. (Video capture: ADreamDeferred.org)
Their cause got an extra bit of support through an online contest organized by Change.org, a social action network (not to be confused with the president-elect’s website Change.gov.)
For the last few weeks, the site hosted an online vote to select “the best ten ideas for change,â€
10% To 27% of 30 Million Non-Citizens Are Registered To Vote
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