Dream Act Now Radio Ad (English)

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Run time: 01:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ThotFdMxI   Posted on YouTube: November 30, 2010 By YouTube Member: AmericasVoiceTV Views on YouTube: 939   Posted on DU: December 02, 2010 By DU Member: Omaha Steve Views on DU: 205

 

http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/11/30/afl-cio-allies-launch-ad-campaign-for-dream-act/#more-40349

by James Parks, Nov 30, 2010

Today the AFL-CIO, SEIU, the Campaign for Community Change, the Reform Immigration for America Campaign and America’s Voice launched a six-figure advertising campaign aimed at Republican senators whose votes will be crucial to passing the DREAM Act during the current lame-duck session of Congress.

The ads will run on radio and in print publications through Friday in Portland, Maine; Boston; Miami; Houston; and Las Vegas. (Click on the Boston-area radio ad above.)

The Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which is supported by 66 percent of Americans, would allow undocumented students who have lived in the United States for at least five years and have graduated from high school or received a graduate equivalency diploma (GED) to legalize their immigration status by pursuing a college education or serving in the U.S. military.

The AFL-CIO Executive Council, at its August meeting, said these children—who were brought to this country by their parents—have grown up in the United States, attended local schools and have demonstrated a sustained commitment to succeed in the educational system. But immigration laws provide no avenue for them to become legal residents. Rather than being allowed to continue to excel in college as they have in high school, the council statement said:

These promising children will be forced into a job where they will have to either lie about their status, or work off the books. Neither outcome is just, nor is it good for our society.

FULL story at link.