Dreamers

On Wednesday, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney gave a speech on the nation’s educational c...

There is a bill called the "Dream Act." Unfortunately, it is cobbled together, fraught with loopholes and has never garnered enough support on either side to pass for over 12 years

Alabama has an opportunity to right a wrong and ridding ourselves of HB 56 is our only solution.

As we mark the Supreme Court's decision on Plyler vs. Doe, it's fitting that the DREAM Act and access to higher education are again at the forefront of the contentious conversation on immigration reform.

I remember having to sit down with my brother and mother, looking up apartment prices, schools, universities, and humorously sitting aghast when I noticed the lack of Southern restaurants. My family was not the only one.

In "coming out" as undocumented, DREAMers - undocumented students who support the DREAM Act -- took a page from the LGBT rights movement.

We should no longer tolerate individuals like Mitt Romney, Senator Rubio -- and even President Obama -- who talk about the DREAM Act for political purposes, but support the criminalization and deportations of people who we love and care about.

My advocacy work has led me to examine life outside my comfort zone of privilege--to realize that just because something doesn't affect me personally doesn't mean I shouldn't speak up and demand change.

If immigration is the sincerest form of flattery, the nation's politicians are showing they can't take a compliment. But there's something worse than a country anyone can enter to seek a better life. It's a country where no one wants to go.

Undocumented young people, calling themselves DREAMers have been publicly making waves to lend their support to a cause that would provide them an opportunity to continue their education. If they're so smart, why aren't they hiding somewhere?

Sometimes I fear that Atticus is right, and that without the magnanimous effort that is required to step into another's shoes, our pains are fated to merely scratch the Ishtar Gates.

During my ten years working to protect the environment, I have witnessed the power of the law to bring about positive change in communities of color. This has encouraged me to pursue the kind of career I could only "DREAM" of as an undocumented teenager.

Our lives, my life, cannot continue to be put on hold, and our communities cannot continue to be criminalized by mere fractures within our political system.

The Huffington Post Latino Voices is inviting DREAM Act-eligible youth, leaders, allies and opponents to contribute as bloggers so that we may better understand the scope of this contentious social issue from the persons who are affected most by our country's immigration policies.

Whether it's to prepare Senator Marco Rubio for the national spotlight as Mitt Romney's vice presidential nominee, or for a potential future run for president himself, Republicans know they have a big problem courting Latinos--a voting bloc Time Magazine recently predicted could decide the next presidential election.

Governor Cuomo's surprising silence on the New York DREAM Act is business as usual for many elected officials, but it's disappointing coming from him.

New York has always been a place where people come to make dreams come true. If Governor Cuomo is really considering a run for president in 2016, he should support New York's DREAM Act and show all that our state intends to lead the nation on education and immigration reform.

It is time to free the American Dream from the exclusivity of opportunities based on accident of birthplace. Let us all have the courage to become Dreamers.

There's an inherent lack of balance when you're in a mixed-status relationship. My unauthorized immigration status permeates all aspects of life, and when it comes to romantic relationships, it further skews an already unpredictable situation.

The future of California depends on the brainpower of the next generation. We cannot march victorious into the future without our young men. It is time to turn the page.

As I reflect on the images of the undocumented "immigrant youth" who are promoted in the media when discussing DREAM Act-eligible persons -- or Dreamers, I wonder if they are talking about me.

They have managed to find ways to live close to campus and continue studying. This is what outsmarting the system has meant: Undocumented youth, by a systemic design, are not supposed to be going to college, let alone be getting professional and graduate degrees.

My mother was the Dreamer of a past generation. Her dreams, along with the dreams of countless other mothers and fathers of undocumented youth in this country have gone unfulfilled and have been long forgotten. Dreams that are destined from the beginning to be just that, dreams.