DREAM Act Supporters to Withhold Votes Unless Deportations Are Halted

Friday, August 05, 2011 :: Staff infoZine

By Nadia Tamez-Robledo - DREAM Act supporters gathered outside the White House last week to demand that President Barack Obama follow through on his campaign promise of comprehensive immigration reform.

Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - Protesters came from across the country for the July 26 rally, asking the president to stop the deportation of DREAM Act-eligible immigrants, their families and the immigrant parents of U.S. citizen children. The demonstration coincided with the National Council of La Raza’s annual conference.

“Today is a really sad because we’re marking one million folks deported under President Obama’s administration,â€