Posts Tagged ‘Dream Act’

Dreamers or Donkey, US Citizenship in Context

In citizenship, Iraq, News, Opinion, Politics on 15 May 2011 tagged Anbar, Anbar Province, CBS, citizenship, Col. John Folsom, David Cho, Dream Act, Frankfurt, Germany, Iowa, Iraq, Lufthansa, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International, the Development Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA with no comments

While gifted, passionate, hard-working, well-spoken students like David Cho face the daily threat of deportation because of the US government’s unwillingness to pass the Dream Act, the United States government spent 37 days and tens of thousands of dollars to make a donkey from Iraq’s Anbar Province a ‘resident’ of the United States of America. [...]

Senate Goes Against Colin Powell and 11 MILLION American Youth

In citizenship, History, News, Opinion, Politics on 21 September 2010 tagged Colin Powell, DADT, Democrat, Dick Durbin, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Dream Act, DREAM Act of 2009, filibuster, GOP, Harry Reid, Michigan Messenger, Palm Beach Post News, Republican, S.729 with no comments

Though former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, supported a passing of the Dream Act, the United States Congress has filibustered a Bill that would create a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented youth in the United States: Republicans just successfully filibustered a defense authorization bill, killing an effort by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [...]