I’ve written extensively on the DREAM Act, to the point of getting linked to by right wing locos, I mean pundits, ok I mean locos (yes I’m waving at you Michelle Malkin). Today other pro-migrant bloggers will also be writing about the DREAM Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation that would permit undocumented students brought to the country as children conditional legal status and eventual citizenship.

Movement on the DREAM Act has been strong, with state officials across the country supporting local measures that pretty much do the same thing as the Federal DREAM Act, allow undocumented students access to in-state tuition rates and a path to citizenship in a country they have grown up in and consider home. Take Colorado for example.

In the Senate and House of Representatives the DREAM Act continues to gain new sponsors which I am sure has to do with grassroots efforts that you can be a part of.

Want to do just one thing for the DREAM Act Today?

1. CALL Pick up the phone and call your Senator or Representative today. Dial 202-224-3121 or use the NCLR guide to be connected to your member of Congress and speak out in favor of the DREAM Act.

Sample message – “Hi, I am calling in support of the DREAM Act (S.729 / H.R. 1751). The DREAM Act lays the groundwork for immigration reform and allows immigrant youth of good moral character to make crucial economic contributions to the United States. To not pass the act at a time when this country needs an economic stimulus and a more educated workforce would be great folly. I urge _________ to become a cosponsor of the DREAM Act.”

Please report back on how your call went.
NILC Factsheet on how DREAM benefits the economy
DREAM Act 2009 Talking Points

Need 9 more things to do?

Mas aqui :
Dreams Deferred: Criminalizing Immigrant Youth

Daily Dream: 22 New Cosponsors, 10 Ways to Act

Via / Change.org, My Latino News.com