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Posts tagged "Sen. John McCain"

DREAM Act youth step up civil disobedience and speak out at Netroots Nation

Photo from citizenorange.com There is a new civil rights movement underway in the United States and it is being led by undocumented immigrant youth, who this week staged a major sit-in in Washington, D.C. that resulted in 21 of them being arrested. They are risking everything, even possible deportation, to call attention to the need... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 23, 2010 at 1:29 pm
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Tania Unzueta of Chicago risks arrest in sit-in at Arizona Sen. John McCain's office

A group of undocumented students, including Tania Unzueta from Chicago, are staging a sit-in Monday afternoon at Arizona Sen. John McCain‘s office in Tuscon. Tania Unzueta They are challenging Congress to pass the DREAM Act which would create a pathway to legalization for undocumented youth who came here as minors and who complete two years... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
May 17, 2010 at 2:28 pm
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