Tag Archives: DREAM Act

November 30, 2010
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
Bay Area immigrant groups, community organizers and students are ratcheting up the pressure on local Congressional representatives to pass legislation that would allow some undocumented youths to remain in the country if they pursue higher education or military service.
Rallies and phone banks are being held in San Francisco and [...]

Supporters gather in front of Mission High School to urge Congress’s passage of the DREAM Act during the lame duck session. Recently released Steve “Shing Ma” Li and undocumented Cal grad Mario speaks out. API Equality advocate Vanessa Coe emcees. KTSF Nov. 29, 2010. Broadcast in Cantonese.

Steve Li, who spent two months at a detention center in Arizona, thanks volunteers at Chinese for Affirmative Action. Continue reading →