The California DREAM Act-- so-titled from the acronym, Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors--actually consists of two State Assembly Bills. AB 130, which went into effect on Jan. 1, allows colleges to make private scholarships available to undocumented students. AB 131 will, starting Jan. 1, 2013, make state funding, such as CalGrants, accessible to undocumented students.
Their crime is having been born on different soil – Mexico, the Philippines, Honduras, Cuba, Colombia – then brought to the United States by families who wanted only to give them a better life. They are the DREAMers – an acronym for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors. For more than a decade, Dreamers and their allies have been pushing for a national Dream Act – a pathway to legal residency for children brought to the U.S. by undocumented parents.
New America Media, News Analysis, Marcelo Ballvé, Eighteen-year-old Francisco Curiel was present in the U.S. Senate chamber as the votes were tallied. His hopes alternately surged and crashed as each of the powerful legislators made their choice, “yea†or “nay,†on the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act—or Development, Education, and Relief for Alien Minors Act—would [...]
New America Media/Pacific Citizen, News Report, Brianna Pang, Steve Li, an undocumented City College of San Francisco student, sits in a detention center in Arizona, but thanks to a last minute reprieve from U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein his deportation to Peru has been delayed. But for other similarly undocumented Asian Pacific American students, living life [...]
New America Media, Op-ed, Adrian Ramirez, SAN JOSE, Calif.—Ever since the first Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act was introduced in the U.S Senate on August 1, 2001, my hopes have been taken on a rollercoaster ride to new lows and highs—and the journey has left me very pessimistic. I don’t [...]
Crooks & Liars,By  karoli, A huge cheer just went up from the House as Nancy Pelosi announced the House passage of the DREAM Act. 8 Republicans crossed the aisle and voted for it along with 208 Democrats. Republicans voting for it: Cao, Castle, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Inglis, Ros-Lehtinen, Djou, Ehlers. Democrats voting against it: [...]
New America Media, Op-ed, New America Media, the country’s largest association of ethnic news outlets, urges its audiences to join the national call for action on the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act would provide a chance for hundreds of thousands of eligible undocumented high school graduates to attend college or serve in the U.S. military. [...]
New America Media, News Report, Marcelo Ballvé As it inches forward in Congress, the DREAM Act has grown more restrictive. The DREAM Act—or Development, Education, and Relief for Alien Minors Act—would provide a chance at legal residency for young undocumented immigrants who graduate from high school and go on to college or the military. But [...]
New America Media, News Report, Marcelo Ballvé: After a summer focused on fighting off Arizona’s hard-line law SB 1070, immigrant advocates are seeking to regain momentum with an all-out push on the Dream Act. The Dream Act—or Development, Education, and Relief for Alien Minors Act—would provide a chance at legal residency for young undocumented immigrants [...]
