• DREAM Weekly Updates

• Issue Briefs and Other Resources

• Students' Stories

• Emailed Updates

• Immigrants' Rights Update Articles

House and Senate Introduce the DREAM Act, a Measure to Address the Plight of Immigrant Students (Scroll to the bottom of the announcement to access statements by Rep. Berman and Senators Durbin, Lugar and Reid, and also links to more information and to petitions available for signing.) (3/26/09)
 

DREAM Weekly Updates

June 25, 2009  |  June 11, 2009  |  June 3, 2009

May 27, 2009  |  May 21, 2009  |  May 13, 2009  |  May 6, 2009

April 30, 2009  |  April 22, 2009  |  April 16, 2009  |  April 9, 2009
 

Issue Briefs and Other Resources

DREAM Act: Basic Information (PDF) (Updated 3/30/09)

DREAM Act: Summary (PDF) (Updated 3/31/09)

Why Enactment of the DREAM Act Would Aid the Ailing Economy and Generate Tax Revenues (PDF) (3/26/09)

Basic Facts about In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrant Students (PDF) (Updated 2/23/09)

No federal requirement that school administrators inquire about students’ immigration status or report those who are undocumented, DHS confirms
(5/13/08, updated 8/6/08)

• Letter from DHS originally posted by The News & Observer (5/9/08)

• Letter from DHS to North Carolina attorney general (7/9/08)

Recent Developments in Undocumented College Student Issues (2005-Present [Fall 2007]), by Michael A. Olivas, Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance (IHELG), University of Houston Law Center.

Dreams Deferred: The Costs of Ignoring Undocumented Students.  Summary of forthcoming Immigration Policy Center report. (PDF) (9/19/07)

DREAM Act Reintroduced in Senate (11/21/05)

List of Organizations That Endorse the DREAM Act

Economic Benefits of the DREAM Act and the Student Adjustment Act (PDF) (2/05)

Floor Statement of DREAM Act Co-author Senator Richard J. Durbin (PDF) (7/22/04)

Chart of In-State Tuition Bills (PDF)(11/5/03)

Further Demographic Information Relating to the DREAM Act (PDF) (10/21/03)

TABLE: State Proposed or Enacted Legislation Regarding Immigrant Access to Higher Education (4/8/03) (PDF)

Students' Stories

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):

• Marie Nazareth Gonzalez
  Westminster College, Class of 2009

• Martine Mwanj Kalaw
  Hamilton College, Class of 2003
  The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Class of 2004

• Tam Tran
  University of California, Los Angeles, Class of 2006

Or watch the hearing (on RealPlayer).

"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.)
 

Emailed Updates

House and Senate Introduce the DREAM Act, a Measure to Address the Plight of Immigrant Students (Scroll to the bottom of the announcement to access statements by Rep. Berman and Senators Durbin, Lugar and Reid, and also links to more information and to petitions available for signing.) (3/26/09)

Martinez v. Regents of the University of California (and AB 540)
California Supreme Court Grants Petition for Review of Court of Appeal's Decision (12/23/08)

Martinez v. Regents of the University of California (and AB 540)
California Court Ruling on In-State Tuition Is Not the Last Word (9/17/08)

No federal requirement that school administrators inquire about students’ immigration status or report those who are undocumented, DHS confirms (5/13/08)

• Senate vote on S. 2205

• White House statement opposing DREAM Act

Immigrants' Rights Update Articles (back to IRU index)