[Peace-discuss] Fwd: USAS: help our allies-stand up for immigrant rights

Tue Oct 23 11:57:39 CDT 2007

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! TAKE ACTION ON DREAM NOW!
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> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oIrS45hGiOuXIz1oIFSO7I1kXsXCjmr4>
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> *DREAM*
>   * *
> 
> * TAKE ACTION TODAY AND TOMORROW!*
> 
> Any questions should be directed to Raymond Rico at rico at nilc-dc.org
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yMA3%2FYsgZQoP5iR24vDuxY1kXsXCjmr4>
> 
> *THIS IS NOT A DRILL!*
> *SENATE VOTE ON DREAM ACT *
> *AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY! *
> 
> ****IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED****
> 
> *YOU AND YOUR NETWORKS NEED TO FLOOD SENATE OFFICES WITH PHONE CALLS, FAXES
> AND EMAILS TOMORROW!!!!!*
> *TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007*
> 
> *TELL SENATORS TO VOTE FOR S. 2205 THE DREAM ACT!!!*
> *CALL THEM AGAIN THE NEXT DAY!!!!!*
> * *
> *WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007 *
> 
> *TELL SENATORS TO VOTE FOR S. 2205 THE DREAM ACT!!!*
> 
> The DREAM Act will likely come up for a vote on the Senate floor *this
> Wednesday*.
> 
> IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR ALL DREAM ACT SUPPORTERS TO CALL YOUR SENATORS, send an
> e-mail message and fax them, do it all over again on Wednesday morning first
> thing.
> *SHUTDOWN THE SENATE SWITCHBOARD WITH YOUR CALLS!*
> 
> *CALL 202-**224-3121*
> *DON'T LET THE ANTI-DREAM CALLERS BEAT US THIS TIME!*
> 
> Last week, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Richard
> Lugar (R-IN) quietly re-introduced the DREAM Act as a new stand-alone bill,
> S. 2205. Most likely this Wednesday there will be a "cloture" vote on
> whether the DREAM Act can be debated and ultimately voted on. This will mark
> the first time that the DREAM Act has ever come to a clean vote on the
> Senate floor.
> 
> The provisions of S. 2205 are similar, though not identical, to S. 774, the
> version of the DREAM Act that was filed by the Senators Durbin, Hagel, and
> Lugar earlier this year. Like the earlier version, S. 2205 would provide a
> 6-year path to permanent residence and eventual citizenship for individuals
> brought to the U.S. more than 5 years ago as undocumented children if they
> graduate from high school and continue on to college or military
> service.<#115ca7ac9e906533__ftn1>
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> *The cloture motion will require 60 votes to pass. If it fails, the DREAM
> Act will be pulled from the floor. * If it passes, there will be more votes
> on the DREAM Act as well as on possible amendments. The outcome of these
> votes will determine the fate of the DREAM Act for this Congress.
> 
> *THE FIRST STEP IS PASSAGE OF THE "CLOTURE" MOTION, MOST LIKELY ON
> WEDNESDAY. * *We recognize that this is not the first time this year that we
> have punched the alarm bell, but THIS IS NOT A DRILL!* Word is already
> getting out about the vote on anti-immigrant websites, talk shows, and cable
> TV who are spreading their usual falsehoods, and there is little doubt that
> their angry and fearful base will respond.
> 
> *OUR RESPONSE MUST BE UNPRECEDENTED!*
> 
> *If you care at all about the future of DREAM Act students who have grown up
> here, then you must make your calls today and tomorrow, then forward this
> message, and then get on the phone to make sure that everyone you know does
> likewise. There will not be another chance.*
> 
> *CALL BOTH OF YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM:*
> 
> *"PLEASE VOTE FOR THE DREAM ACT **
> SO THAT IMMIGRANT STUDENTS BROUGHT HERE AS CHILDREN
> CAN REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL" *
> 
> *Your Senators' phone numbers are online
> *here<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Bjn0Wgs8ctsPiNxl2yZSQ41kXsXCjmr4>
> *OR*
> *CALL THE SENATE SWITCHBOARD 202-**224-3121*
> 
> 
> *To send an e-mail message to your Senators please go to:
>
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/NILC/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12129<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IbvXEpbwURzLcz1apCMg5I1kXsXCjmr4>
> *
> 
> *What else you can do:*
> 
>    - Forward this message to every listserv and everyone you know
>    - Post it on blogs, MySpace, Facebook, or other on-line networking
>    tools
>    - Call in to C-SPAN or other radio or television shows where there is
>    some hope of a sympathetic audience (not anti-immigrant propaganda sites)
> 
> 
> *The DREAM Act in Brief:*
> *The DREAM Act is narrowly tailored*
> 
> It would apply only to individuals brought to the U.S. at least 5 years ago
> as children, who have grown up here (but are still under 30 years old), and
> who have remained in school and out of trouble.  They could get a green card
> 6 years after graduating from high school if during that time they continue
> on to college or serve in the military.
> *The DREAM Act is not a "mini-amnesty"*
> 
> At its core, amnesty is forgiveness for wrongdoing. That does not apply to
> DREAM Act students who were all brought here years ago as children. The
> DREAM Act rewards them for staying in school or serving our country.
> *The DREAM Act would benefit taxpayers*
> 
> The DREAM Act would provide hope to immigrant students and lead many more of
> them to remain in school. As an example of the fiscal benefits of this, a
> RAND study showed that a 30-year-old Mexican immigrant woman who graduates
> from college will pay $5,300 more in taxes and cost $3,900 less
> in government expenses each year than if she had dropped out of high school.
> This amounts to an annual fiscal benefit of over $9,000 per person every
> year, money that can be used to pay for the education of other children.
> State and local taxpayers have already invested in the education of these
> children in elementary and secondary school and deserve to get a return on
> their investment
> 
> You can find more information about the DREAM Act
> here<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7nRiFzVu%2BVJ6NwgRA4MsL41kXsXCjmr4>
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> <#115ca7ac9e906533__ftnref1> The most important differences from the earlier
> version are that S. 2205 would not apply to individuals who, on the date of
> enactment, are over 30 years old, and it would not delete a provision of
> federal law that places conditions on states that provide in-state tuition
> to undocumented immigrants.
> 
>    *To subscribe to the DREAM listserv, please email Katherine Vargas at **
> vargas at nilc-dc.org* <bvargas at nilc-dc.org>* with "subscribe to DREAM
> listserv" in the subject line and include your contact information in the
> text of the email.*
> 
> *To unsubscribe from the DREAM listserv, please email Katherine Vargas at **
> vargas at nilc-dc.org* <bvargas at nilc-dc.org>* with "unsubscribe from DREAM
> listserv" in the subject line.*
>    You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF CRC" command to
> LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UIUC.EDU
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tho' much is taken, much abides, and tho' we are not that strength which in
> old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are. One equal temper
> of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To find,
> to seek, to strive, and not to yield.
> 

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