The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign that launched Monday, July 19, to underscore the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S. 729, would help tens of thousands of young people, American in all but paperwork, to earn legal status, provided they graduate from U.S. high schools, have good moral character, and complete either two years of college or military service.  With broader comprehensive immigration reform stuck in partisan gridlock, the time is now for the White House and Congress to step up and pass the DREAM Act!

Dear Mr. President,

On July 20th, 2010 I was arrested in the office of Senator John McCain fighting for the DREAM Act.

I am one of the thousands of students who would qualify for this legislation. I was brought to the United States at the age of four and have been here ever since. I consider myself to be a good student and I always strive to be a good example for others. I have been waiting for the DREAM Act to pass since it was first introduced in 2001, and this year I decided that I couldn’t stand by and wait another year. I decided to fight for my DREAMs. (more…)

The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign that launched Monday, July 19, to underscore the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S. 729, would help tens of thousands of young people, American in all but paperwork, to earn [...]

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I would like to say I live by IYJL’s popular “Undocumented and Unafraid” slogan. Unfortunately, I am either a bigger coward than most individuals in my situation or really understand the biggest consequences of my immigration status: deportation. I don’t want to be afraid anymore, and this is why I am “coming out” as undocumented [...]

On the morning of July 20th, IYJL member Nicolas Gonzalez and Isabel Castillo opened the National DREAM Act graduation.  After this speech, they walked to capitol hill, where they participated in the sit-in at Senator Reid’s office. They were arrested along with 20 other undocumented students advocating for support of the DREAM Act as a [...]