I was assigned 20 hours of community service as punishment for the Georgia action and I’m slowly serving my time at ICIRR. As part of it I’ve helped make this survey. Our answers will give us a better idea of the needs of undocumented youth, and how to help shape the resources we’ve won through the Illinois Dream [...]
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“Because THIS is a Revolution!” A slam poem by Jorge I didn’t have to run across the border to know that as much as I love her. America does not love me back. And as much as I want to succeed, she won’t let me. My mother brought me here when she was 27 My [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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IYJL has been having to respond to a criticism of the DREAM Act: the military option as a means to permanent residency. This is just one, of many, perspectives.
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Opening the door to Columbia’s College 624 building and seeing the empty shelves of the fully stocked bookstore , I ask “Do you have the Theory Toolbox?” The man seemingly squatting behind the counter says, “Yes” then goes to the one of two shelves that have books, stares with a lost look for a second [...]
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As a child my parents never helped me with my homework, not because they didn’t want to but because neither of them finished school. I would notice my hand hurting from writing so much . My pencil was so small I could hardly get a good grip on it. I had used that same pencil for most [...]
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"La organización Chicago Community and Workers Rights esta invitando a una reunión informativa en nuestra organización a cerca de “la reforma..
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New York coming out!
Houston - " Jovenes indocumentados en Texas salen de las sombras y declaran su estatus migratorio publicamente! Un abrazote a Alicia Torres quien..
