Today, July 20th 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, 22 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. (more…)

Hi, my name is Jesus Morales I’m an undocumented young man. I have been living here in the United States since the tender age of 4. My family migrated from Durango, México 16 years ago to look for a more secure and promising life than what we had in Mexico. I’ve had to deal with [...]

Join IYJL and other community organizations  on Thursday, July 29 at 4 pm, in front of the Cook County Jail (corner of 26th & California Ave.) End the Deportations! Moratorium Now! No to SB 1070! No to the Polimigra! Every day, 1,100 families are torn apart. Every day, 1,100 men, women, and children are deported. [...]

Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed– Let it be that great strong land of love Where never [...]

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