This video was produced by the Center for American Progress.
A PSA-style video produced by Wisconsin's Voces de la Frontera is
available here. And video
of DREAM students testifying at an Oct. 29, 2009, briefing for
congressional staff is available
here.
"We ARE Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream,"
by William Perez, a
professor of education at Claremont Graduate University, was Publishers
Weekly's "pick
of the week" for the week of Aug. 3, 2009. Among others, the
book profiles Nora Preciado, a NILC staff attorney who, with Perez, was
interviewed by a National Public Radio reporter for an
"All Things Considered" segment that aired Sat., Aug. 22.
(8/24/09)
These
testimonials relate the daily challenges and inspirational life
experiences of undocumented youth who were brought to the U.S. when they
were children. They were collected from actual students by
Dreamactivist.org and are available at
http://dreamactivist.org/our-stories. (3/09)
Testimony of DREAM students before the House Subcommittee on
Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law,
May 18, 2007. Read their testimony (click on the students'
names):
"Just One Thing Missing," the story of
a college student "with good grades, an excellent work ethic, but no
possible way to get a legal job. She's lived in the U.S. since she was
little, but [is undocumented]. Most of her friends and teachers don't
even know." As reported by Douglas McGray, a fellow at the New America
Foundation, on the radio program "This American Life" (program
"329: Nice Work if You Can Get It," Apr. 6, 2007). (Click on the above link; then click on "Full
Episode"; then fast-forward to minute 46:34.)
