Undocumented Youth in Georgia Arrested for DREAMing
10:12 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|DREAM Act|Education|Georgia|Immigration
6 Apr 2011Yesterday, undocumented youth in Georgia amped up the action by committing an act of civil disobedience, risking deportation. The arrests of Georgina Perez, Viridiana Martinez, Jose Rico, Dayanna Rebolledo, Andrea Rosales, David Ramirez and Maria Marroquin near Georgia State University, were preceded by the state’s first “coming out” event, where the young people first publicly declared their undocumented status. The young people also delivered
a letter to the Georgia State University President asking him to not comply with the recent Georgia Board of Regents ban of undocumented youth from the top 5 public universities.
With no DREAM Act currently in play in the U.S. Congress (although that may change soon), DREAMers across the country have been working locally to make sure that all young people have access to education regardless of their immigration status.
CNN has the following video of the protest and arrests.
The Immigrant Youth Justice League is reporting that a spokesperson for “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he was looking into whether the undocumented activists who were arrested Tuesday will face deportation.
Additionally, the seven students arrested will appear before court in Atlanta, Georgia at 3:00 PM EST. Bond is set at $1,800 for each (donate here and here). Family and supporters in Chicago have announced a press conference to take place at 2:30 PM CST, to update on student’s situation.
- Tags: DREAM act, Education, Georgia Dreamers, Immigration
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2 Responses to Undocumented Youth in Georgia Arrested for DREAMing
Chicano future tense
April 6th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
We should all admire and support the Dreamers for showing such courage.
Personally,my support is conditional-I support them,not the Dream Act.
What’s tragic about their situation though is that they are so desperate and powerless willing to accept almost anything including a modern day version of “indentured servitude”.
IMHO,The DREAM act creates an ugly division,elitist and Darwinian in nature between the mostly Mexican undocumented.
A brief description of the effects of “indentured servitude” during colonial times-
“In general, colonial farmers did not train adult slaves to do skilled labor, and they instead preferred to train younger African slaves when they reached the colonies or to train the children of adult slaves already in British America. For this very reason, there became a significant racial division in the colonial labor force at the turn of the 17th century with unskilled labor positions being filled by black slaves, and white indentured servants continuing to occupy the skilled service positions.”
Maegan La Mala
April 6th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Without getting too much into this and taking away from the action in Georgia : yes the DREAM Act is problematic and alot of the framing around how the DREAM Act is being pushed is problematic and I have written about this a number of times BUT I am not undocumented, I cannot speak for the Undocumented young people and I will not even attempt to. As someone who was lucky enough to be mentored by brilliant organizers in history- I have to support the voices of these young people.
The politics of how some people have to survive in this country is fucking ugly, no doubt