Daily Dream: Dreamers in MSM - Will Congress Notice? | Immigration

Daily Dream: Dreamers in MSM - Will Congress Notice?

Published April 25, 2009 @ 11:15PM PT

(Matias held forth on the DREAM Act on CNN this week.)

When the Dream Act of 2009 was introduced last month, the media silence was deafening. Now, mostly through the efforts of the Dreamers themselves, the media is starting to pay attention. That makes me hope that politicians will start to see that they stand to benefit from supporting the Act. Which politician wants to go on record opposing the classic immigrant American Dream? Even some of the most fervent restrictionists won't oppose the Act head on, they play up fears of fraud and claim the Act will benefit the parents who brought their children here.

Looking at this list of congressional co-sponsors, I see NY, CA, FL, and TX currently overrepresented. Those are states with large immigrant populations and well-organized Dreamers. But there are Dreamers in every state, and many legislators can be persuaded on a bill like this.

One way you can help drive the "Yea" or "Likely Yea" vote total up is to stop by this site and leave a comment, which counts as a vote, to help Dreamactivist.org get a grant to fund their advocacy efforts.

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school has been keeping me in the library so much that i didn't know my fellow Dream Act activist was on CNN :D

thanks for the post Dave ^_^

Posted by Janeth Herrera on 04/27/2009 @ 01:03AM PT
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Work hard and be rewarded, but not if you come here illegally. Pyler-Doe has been such a mistake. But Argentina could sure use this guy's talents.

Posted by Wire Paladin on 04/27/2009 @ 11:56AM PT
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Honestly, do you really want to blame the children for coming here illegally? They had no knowledge of what was going on, or say to stop their parents.
In all honesty, Mr. Palidan, would you blame them?
I'm sure immigration reform is something you don't agree to... but Dream Act? It helps the children that have been here almost all their lives.

Posted by Janeth Herrera on 04/28/2009 @ 11:32PM PT
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I blame the parents for coming here illegally.
I do want immigration reform. No, the Dream Act doesn't help children, it helps adults.

Posted by Wire Paladin on 04/29/2009 @ 09:17AM PT
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If you have read the Act it helps the children that came to this country when they where young. They can't stay young forever, they grow up. Now that they are young adults ready to give the U.S what they have, because this is the only home they know of, they don't have the ability to do so because of the lack of a SSN. Do you condemn them for growing up?

Posted by Janeth Herrera on 04/29/2009 @ 10:44AM PT
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No, I condemn them for breathing. I don't understand your line of thinking.

Posted by Wire Paladin on 04/30/2009 @ 11:41AM PT
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"But Argentina could sure use this guy's talents."

You're such a genius. Deport all the undocumented students. Who cares if they're smart and gifted right? Who cares if they have 3.9 GPAs. Who cares if they were valedictorians in high schools. Who cares if they can become teachers. Who cares if they have abilities to be surgeons and save lives right? Who cares if they can treat diseases? Who cares if the States already have put billions of dollars in educating these talented individuals. just deport them all right?

That will solve the problem.

guess what. States loses billions of money by deporting them. States already have invested in gifted students.

You really want to just let that investment down the drain?

Posted by Jizzle Shizzle on 05/03/2009 @ 10:31PM PT
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Argentina can't have him. We need talented leaders like Matias' right here in the U.S. This his county, too. Matias, we're proud of you! You've made an eloquent case for passing the DREAM Act.

Posted by a d on 04/27/2009 @ 04:29PM PT
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If this is his country, then what's the issue?

Posted by Wire Paladin on 04/28/2009 @ 11:59AM PT
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the issue is that Dreamer's need to have an ability to use the skills and knowledge they have attained threw U.S education.

Posted by Janeth Herrera on 04/28/2009 @ 11:29PM PT
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Here's my point. If this is indeed his country, then he would have the ability to use the skills and knowledge attained thru U.S education. Since he does not have such ability, then logically one must conclude that this is not his country.

Posted by Wire Paladin on 04/29/2009 @ 09:14AM PT
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I don't think i explained that right. What i meant is to use those skills, beneficial to society, to have a living in the country he only knows of.
I mean look what he is doing to bring awareness, the people he has come across with the same goals and actually did something. I remember the first time i met him and how dedicated he was with the California Dream Act. He has always helped anyway he could while going to UCLA. Now that he has his degree, how can he contribute to society with it? How can he make a living with it when his field requires a SSN to use it.

Posted by Janeth Herrera on 04/29/2009 @ 10:55AM PT
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I think he can still contribute - by volunteering his time. He just wouldn't make the big bucks, as if money was ever the issue.

Posted by Wire Paladin on 04/30/2009 @ 11:43AM PT
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Yeah. Let them Volunteer. Instead of letting them become teachers, surgeons, aerospace engineers, or scientists.

let the smart ones volunteer and let the ones that are less competent run this country.

problem solved

Posted by Jizzle Shizzle on 05/03/2009 @ 10:44PM PT
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