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Emory, Protect Undocumented Students The Emory WheelView the full article

'Dream Act' Supporters Amass Final Ballot Push Patch.com With Election Day less than three weeks away, "Dream Act" advocates have stepped up their million-dollar ad campaign and are convening a pair of rallies this week, one of which is expected to draw more than 800 faith-based activists to Silver Spring today. View the full article

GOP lawmaker wants vote on allowing DACA recipients in-state college tuition Arizona Daily StarView the full article

GOP lawmaker proposes legislation to allow 'dreamers' in-state tution Arizona Capitol TimesView the full article

22nd Congressional District candidates discuss DACA and securing a legal workforce Fresno BeeView the full article

Last month, President Obama announced a ‘new immigration policy” by executive order: the immediate implementation of his version of the DREAM Act by the Department of Homeland Security. Advocates were ecstatic. They called it “the right thing to do, to give temporary legal status to those who had been brought into the country illegally by their parents at a young age through no fault of their own.” Many of the beneficiaries are Latinos. They number around 1.4 million, according to the Pew Research Center. They call them the “dreamers.” The press seemed to agree that the action was a political win for Obama. But the action is risky for Obama. It’s a wee bit too clever. It has every chance – probably sooner rather than later – to backfire, particularly on Latinos. Two reasons: First, the policy is nothing new. It’s always been possible to apply for and get temporary waivers from deportation, even at the last minute. These “waivers” got dressed up last fall as a new policy on “prosecutorial discretion.” Obama ordered Homeland Security to focus its limited resources only on deporting illegal immigrants who were convicted violent criminals or who had defied prior deportation orders. All others might qualify for a temporary waiver. Last month Obama pointed these possible waivers toward over a million dreamers. Second, the waiver is not a blanket for a specific group. Each so-called dreamer will have to apply and qualify individually for a temporary deferment. No one knows yet what proof Homeland Security will demand of each dreamer to show they were brought into the country by their parents unknowingly, illegally before the age of 16 and had lived here continuously for five years (school records will be critical). Further, it is unclear how many misdemeanors and felonies Homeland Security will allow an applicant to have, before dinging their deferral application (including driving without a valid driver’s license, buying and using false identity documents like Social Security and green cards, lying about immigration status for public assistance and having DUIs and other such indiscretions on the record). Many dreamers could actually be putting themselves in jeopardy of deportation after their applications are scrutinized, no matter how young or innocent they were when they first arrived. Especially if they had defied a deportation order. “We are advising dreamers who are not in deportation proceedings to do nothing until the deferment qualifications are made clear,” said the executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Crystal Williams, at a press conference days after Obama’s announcement. Immigration lawyers are also very concerned that scam advocates in the immigration communities might try to take advantage of eager dreamers. Obama’s dream could end up being a huge disappointment. Latino leaders already notice the current deferral process is vague and slow; there is already a huge backlog. They will find the case-by-case process untenable. They will demand (already have begun) more blanket and looser waivers – which the president cannot deliver. The high expectations can’t possibly be met. By summer’s end most Latinos will realize this is probably all the president can do to legalize some illegal immigrants. Passing amnesty legislation in Congress is highly unlikely before the election. It is even conceivable that Obama’s dream could take away any other effort to legalize illegal immigrants via a “comprehensive” reform bill before 2014. The best advocates probably can expect is that in the next two years, a few thousand of unquestionably qualified dreamers may be given temporary one- to two-year work visas under Obama’s dream. Those waivers may or may not be extended and lead to permanent residency. But what is even more likely is that hundreds of thousands of dreamers won’t even apply. Sooner rather than later it will be said that “once again Obama did not keep his “promise’ to Latinos” on immigration. Obama’s dream could backfire. Source: http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/07/30/opinion/obama-dilutes-a-dream.html

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Donald Trump says some DACA recipients are 'very tough, hardened criminals.' That's False PolitiFactView the full article

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Students walk out of Law School talk on repealing DACA The Stanford DailyView the full article

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Trump Won’t Own His DACA Decision. But the Supreme Court Might Choose to. New York MagazineView the full article

WBFF/WNUV Baltimore Dream Act: Some see hope, others a drain on state resources Baltimore Sun ... march for Maryland Dream Act · UMBC researchers say Dream Act could generate millions in revenue for state · Opposition to Dream Act overshadowed. He's campaigning for the Maryland Dream Act — his only real chance, he says, at affording college. Ministers to rally for Maryland's Dream ActSan Francisco Chronicle Maryland To Vote On Its Own Dream ActNPR all 25 news articles » View the full article

Trump immigration policy on the line as Supreme Court weighs DACA in arguments Tuesday CNBCView the full article

DACA Recipient Gets $18,750 Payday After Cops Call ICE During DUI Arrest Blue Lives MatterView the full article

Meet the Latinos Trying to Get Latinos to the Polls The New York TimesView the full article

Utah DACA recipients rally in Washington in support for DACA Universe.byu.eduView the full article

How 'America First' policies put US citizens last | TheHill The HillView the full article

Oklahomans with DACA fight to protect the program Oklahoman.comView the full article

Dream Act event at city school being scrutinized Baltimore Sun Advocates of the Dream Act, a measure that would extend in-state college tuition to the children of illegal immigrants, held a news conference Tuesday afternoon with U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings at the Patterson Park Public Charter School on North ... View the full article

How the Supreme Court's decision on DACA could affect the Valley WHSVView the full article

The Supreme Court Should End DACA, and Return Power to Congress Immigration BlogView the full article

Richard MacMaster: Threat of deportation hangs over DACA recipients Gainesville SunView the full article

Deferred Action: Lured by a DREAM VOXXI A recent Associated Press story stated the obvious: Some Hispanics who might have considered voting based on their views about economic issues are turning toward the president because of his support of the DREAM Act. And not just his “support,” mind ... View the full article

UC stands with DACA recipients University of CaliforniaView the full article