Today, July 2y0th 2010, hundreds of students from around the nation gathered in our country’s capitol to lobby for the passage of the DREAM Act, including members of the Immigrant Youth Justice League. On this day, 20 DREAM students engaged in a civil action to show the Senate that it is time for the DREAM Act to become a reality. These brave students made history and held a sit-in in the offices of Senators Menendez, Schumer, Feinstein, Reid and McCain to ask them to become a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act as standalone. The time is now.
As of 7 pm on July 20th, all DREAM students engaged in the action have been arrested, eight of which are members of the Immigrant Youth Justice League. (Meet the DREAMers http://bit.ly/aa90oS)
We need your help to support the cause, and pass the DREAM Act. Call all five of these Senators and ask them to co-sponsor the DREAM Act as standalone and to stop using immigrant youth as pawns. We want the DREAM Act to be the piece of legislation that would relieve not only our friends, but also the estimated 2.1. million undocumented youth that would qualify. ACT NOW!
Numbers:
Senator Reid 202-224-3542
Senator McCain 202-224-2235
Janet Napolitano (Director of Homeland Security) 202-282 8000
