Thread: This is not the end of DREAM

This thing is like Freddie Krueger...it just won't stay DEAD!!!! And we have to find a way to KILL it to where it STAYS DEAD.

Originally Posted by sacredrage

This thing is like Freddie Krueger...it just won't stay DEAD!!!! And we have to find a way to KILL it to where it STAYS DEAD.

LOL! Yes, it keeps turning up like a bad penny doesn't it? I wish there were some sort of law that could be passed to kill this amnesty crap once and for all and Americans will be put first from now on...

"Prominent Republicans have come out against birthright citizenship, fought for English only laws, and generally moved their party toward greater levels of extremism"

No kidding Sherlock, 100 years ago this country fought to keep English only on a solid rock foundation. You and the likes of you are not new or unique. English only was not an extremist idea yesterday, nor is it today or forever in this country.

As you probably know by now, we needed 60 votes on Saturday to end a Republican filibuster and pass the DREAM Act in the U.S. Senate.

We got a solid majority, with a vote of 55-41, but this was not enough to turn the DREAM Act into law. Even though we won a majority of votes in the Senate and a majority of votes in the House earlier this month, members of the Republican minority were able to use a procedural move in order to block DREAM from becoming law. A handful of Democrats joined them.

While these cowardly senators blocked the dreams of so many talented youth this week, we know this: in the war between justice and injustice, inclusion and exclusion, courage and cowardice, victory is not a matter of if, but a matter of when.

Sign our holiday card to the courageous leaders of the DREAM Act movement, and let them know you will keep fighting alongside them:

http://(.)www.AmericasVoiceOnline.org/KeepFighting

I wanted to share a few of the thoughts I’ve received from DREAM leaders across the country, thanking you all for your hard work this month:

"As a Florida DREAM leader, I want you to know that we noticed how hard you guys were fighting and what a difference that made... So many of our Florida representatives -- Republicans and Democrats -- helped to pass DREAM out of the House of Representatives, and they were hearing from you all before the vote."

--Juan Escalante, Florida Dream Activist

"I moved to Washington DC last April to fight for the DREAM Act. In that time, many people jumped from the sidelines to the middle of the action to fight for justice for immigrant youth. Thanks everyone who worked alongside Dreamers throughout this year."

--Matias Ramos, United We Dream

“We are no longer afraid to tell our stories and to tell Congress to give us an opportunity to live our lives. The same way that you cannot cover the sun with one finger, they will never be able to cover us… We are a bigger movement.â€