Yesterday, Obama took a little chunk off of his State of the Union address to remind both Republicans and Democrats that the DREAM Act is still alive and that he has not given up on it. The International Business Times released an article today that explained why the bill is not completely dead.
Latinos and other immigrants won't forget how the Republicans and a couple of Democrats denied the DREAM Act at the Senate.
Every one knows that the immigrant and immigrant descent population will not decrease, and if anything it will only increase. Many people are trying to avoid this issue and hope that everyone will soon forget about it, but two years can pass very quickly and this topic will eventually spring up again.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Research Update
So lately I've been looking for research on the development of immigration laws since the 1920's. Most of the research consists of several article that have been published and archived in a couple of rare websites. What I find very interesting about the immigration laws, however, is that there seems to be a roller-coaster pattern in regard to the attitude towards immigrants, all the way until the 9/11 incident.
I plan on using this and much more research that I've found (including how certain political groups started using 9/11 to their advantage with scare tactics) whenever I start talking to people about the group. All I think I need to do now do just a little more research on demographics and talk to my panel members to see what I can do.
I plan on using this and much more research that I've found (including how certain political groups started using 9/11 to their advantage with scare tactics) whenever I start talking to people about the group. All I think I need to do now do just a little more research on demographics and talk to my panel members to see what I can do.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
There Is Still Hope
Even though the DREAM Act failed to pass congress recently, I want to encourage everyone in support of this bill to not lose hope.
This is the beginning of a new year, and even though the Senate seats won't change until 2 years, the advocating can keep going until then. Advocating the DREAM Act during these two following years will only help insure that millions of more Americans know the true significance and importance of this bill. If the people against the bill all took a demographics course in between now and 2012, maybe it could help fix the bill to where both parties can reach a consensus, because the reality behind the bill will truly be visible once more immigrant generations start populating America.
Every year it seems like the bill is getting closer and closer to being passed, so all DREAMers must stick together and keep advocating.
This is the beginning of a new year, and even though the Senate seats won't change until 2 years, the advocating can keep going until then. Advocating the DREAM Act during these two following years will only help insure that millions of more Americans know the true significance and importance of this bill. If the people against the bill all took a demographics course in between now and 2012, maybe it could help fix the bill to where both parties can reach a consensus, because the reality behind the bill will truly be visible once more immigrant generations start populating America.
Every year it seems like the bill is getting closer and closer to being passed, so all DREAMers must stick together and keep advocating.
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