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ABC News John McCain On Immigration Reform: Path To Citizenship, Dream Act Must Be ... Huffington Post The comments mark a shift for McCain, who previously opposed a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, labeling such a plan "amnesty" in 2010, the same year he voted against the Dream Act. But he admitted Sunday that the GOP's poor showing ... Lawmakers agree: It's now time for immigration fixArizona Daily Star all 23 news articles » View the full article

New York Daily News Activists pressing Obama, Congress on immigration reform New York Daily News DREAM Act students, religious and labor movement leaders, are all stepping up efforts to make sure that this historic opportunity to resolve what so far has been an intractable crisis is not wasted. DREAMers, who have shown time and time again their ... Cathaleen Chen, Kimberly Railey | Hispanics seeing more influenceThe Courier-Journal Immigration: What seven key Republican senators have saidEnterprise-Record Millions More Could Burden Obamacare Under Immigration ReformNewsmax.com Deseret News -New America Media (blog) -NBCNews.com (blog) all 96 news articles » View the full article

New York can't afford to support Dream Act Syracuse.com (blog) I read with utter amazement that state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was introducing legislation that would help educate ''illegal'' immigrants under a bill that would be called the Dream Act. What part of ''illegal'' doesn't our Assembly and Senate ... View the full article

Maryland Dream Act loophole raising cost of tuition for some students in ... Washington Post (blog) Supporters of the Maryland Dream Act talk to voters at Glenarden Woods Elementary School in Glenarden, as they enter the polling site on Nov. 6, 2012. (Sarah L. Voisin - THE WASHINGTON POST) The “Dream Act” that Maryland voters approved in ... A loophole in the dreamBaltimore Sun Proposed legislation could change Dream Act rulesGazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online all 2 news articles » View the full article

Dream Act applications now online The Salinas Californian The California Student Aid Commission has now made Dream Act Applications for undocumented immigrant students available on its website, according to Assemblyman Luis A. Alejo, D-Salinas. The California Dream Act allows access to public financial aid, ... View the full article

Your Town: California Dream Act applications available online Monterey County Herald The California Dream Act allows access to public financial aid, including Cal Grants, for undocumented students who came to the country before turning 16 and attended California high schools. For information, call Student Support Services at the ... Dream Act applications now onlineThe Salinas Californian Schools support DREAM Act for undocumented studentsFederal Way Mirror all 3 news articles » View the full article

Steve Jobs' Widow Launches Dream Act Support Website Patch.com Josh, Alejandro, Frankie, and Gabrielle; they're all dreamers. They're DREAMers because they were brought to the United States as children and are undocumented citizens. They're DREAMers who hope the DREAM Act will pass and give them a pathway to ... View the full article

Yahoo! News (blog) 'The Dream is Now'—Steve Jobs' widow launches new Dream Act push Yahoo! News (blog) Cendy is one of millions of immigrants who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children—a group known as “DREAMers” by advocates of the Dream Act, a federal bill first introduced in the Senate in 2001 to allow them a pathway to permanent residency. Steve Jobs' Widow Launches Dream Act Support WebsitePatch.com Laurene Powell Jobs Launches Effort to Pass DREAM ActKQED Steve Jobs' Widow Pushes For The Dream ActNBC Bay Area Inside Bay Area -The Inquisitr -Politico all 23 news articles » View the full article

Yahoo! News (blog) Steve Jobs' Widow Launches Dream Act Support Website Patch.com Josh, Alejandro, Frankie, and Gabrielle; they're all dreamers. They're DREAMers because they were brought to the United States as children and are undocumented citizens. They're DREAMers who hope the DREAM Act will pass and give them a pathway to ... 'The Dream is Now'—Steve Jobs' widow launches new Dream Act pushYahoo! News (blog) Laurene Powell Jobs Launches Effort to Pass DREAM ActKQED Steve Jobs' Widow Pushes For The Dream ActNBC Bay Area Contra Costa Times -The Inquisitr -Politico all 22 news articles » View the full article

Dream Act applications now online The Salinas Californian The California Student Aid Commission has now made Dream Act Applications for undocumented immigrant students available on its website, according to Assemblyman Luis A. Alejo (D-Salinas). The California Dream Act allows access to public financial aid ... View the full article

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The North Carolina Attorney General issued a letter to the Department of Motor Vehicles Thursday about their ruling in whether or not illegal immigrants can get temporary driver's licenses in North Carolina. In the statement, the NCDOJ says young illegal immigrants, under deferred action, can get temporary driver's licenses in the state. "It is therefore our opinion that individuals who have been granted deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy directive are lawfully present in the United States during the period of deferment." the release states, " As such, N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-7(s), which states that DMV shall issue a drivers license of limited duration to person who present valid documentation demonstrating deferment and meet all other statutory requirements, requires that such licenses be issued." North Carolina had previously said it would not issue licenses for young people in the country illegally until the Attorney General ruled on the issue. Under President Obama's new deferred action program, illegal immigrants under age 31 who were brought to the U.S. as children could qualify for a 2-year work permit. But whether or not they qualify for a driver's license is up to each state. Source: http://www.wbtv.com/...rivers-licenses

So how big is your application packet? Althought on the 15th, we will all know exacty what we need and what we don't come that day. Just discuss and let us know what you included and what is good to have.

A United States congressman has introduced a bill that would repeal the 22nd Amendment, which currently limits the president to serving only two terms as commander-in-chief. Should the bill become a law, it could allow President Barack Obama to run for reelection yet again in 2016. The bill, H.J. Res. 15, offers “an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.” New York Democratic Rep. Jose Serrano reintroduced the measure on January 4, after it did not make it to a floor vote in January 2011, the Daily Caller reports. Serrano has attempted to repeal the amendment for decades and proposed similar bills in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007. Rep. Serrano’s initiatives are not dependent on any particular party, since he has tried to get the measure passed under the presidencies of both Democrats and Republicans. But if the bill makes it to the floor for a vote this year, President Obama, a Democrat, might have a chance at a third term in the White House, which would make him the first president to possibly seek a third term since Franklin Roosevelt. Even though a repeal has not made it far in Congress, there have been several attempts at bringing it to the floor, which have garnered support from past presidents and prominent legislators. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) repeatedly proposed repealing the 22nd Amendment while both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were in office, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tried to repeal it in 1995. In 1989, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) introduced a similar resolution. Former President Ronald Reagan told Barbara Walters in a 1986 interview that the 22nd Amendment “was a mistake,” while former President Bill Clinton has always believed in the option for a president to seek reelection at a later time – even if he has already served twice. “Shouldn’t a president be able to take two terms, take time off and run again?” Clinton said in an MSNBC interview in November. “I’ve always thought that should be the rule. I think as a practical matter, you couldn’t apply this to anyone who has already served, but going forward, I personally believe that should be the rule.” Repealing the 22nd Amendment has been supported by both Democrats and Republicans, but has never garnered enough votes to go into effect. Congress passed the 22nd Amendment on March 21, 1947. It was ratified by 41 states and rejected by only two. It limits each president to two terms, but did not apply to the sitting president, former President Harry Truman, who withdrew as a candidate for re-election in 1952. Source: http://rt.com/usa/news/president-amendment-bill-repeal-541/

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration eased the way Wednesday for illegal immigrants who are immediate relatives of American citizens to apply for permanent residency, a change that could affect as many as 1 million of the estimated 11 million immigrants unlawfully in the U.S. A new rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security aims to reduce the time illegal immigrants are separated from their American families while seeking legal status, immigration officials said. Beginning March 4, when the changes go into effect, illegal immigrants who can demonstrate that time apart from an American spouse, child or parent would create “extreme hardship,” can start the application process for a legal visa without leaving the U.S. Once approved, applicants would be required to leave the U.S. briefly in order to return to their native country and pick up their visa. The change is the latest move by the administration to use its executive powers to revise immigration procedures without Congress passing a law. In August, the Obama administration launched a program to halt the deportation of young people brought to the U.S. unlawfully as children. The new procedures could reduce a family's time apart to one week in some cases, officials said. In recent years a few relatives of U.S. citizens have been killed in foreign countries while waiting for their applications to be resolved. “The law is designed to avoid extreme hardship to U.S. citizens, which is precisely what this rule achieves,” said Alejandro Mayorkas, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in a statement. “The change will have a significant impact on American families by greatly reducing the time family members are separated from those they rely upon,” he said. Until now, many immigrants who might seek legal status do not pursue it out of fear they will not receive a "hardship waiver" of strict U.S. immigration laws: An illegal immigrant who has overstayed a visa for more than six months is barred from reentering the U.S. for three years; those who overstay more than a year are barred for 10 years. The new rule allows those relatives to apply for the waiver without first leaving the U.S. Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-pn-obama-illegal-immigration-residency-20130102,0,2322646.story

So i figure, what if we started a wiki with any and all information related to the dream act, deferred action, immigration and anything that we see of value. This wiki software will allow anyone to start an article, edit content, delete content. This allows the freedom for anyone put their own imput. its not exactly for news, its for bringing all the information together. It's exactly like wikipedia. Good idea? it would be something like http://wiki.adreamact.com/ ideas? thoughts?

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So what are some ways you guys/girls can come up with to prove that you were physically present on this day? Share some thoughts and ideas on what you can come up with.

I would like to make sure everyone who is approved is on this list: http://forum.adreamact.com/content/deferred_action_approvals.html so if you are approved and not on this list, please reply with the needed information to be added to the list. THANKS

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DACA applications to begin again Catholic SentinelView the full article

DACA applications to begin again Catholic SentinelView the full article

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I'm a DACA success story. Here's why I want people to stop focusing on narratives like mine. Yahoo! VoicesView the full article