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Some See DREAM Act Within Reach

by CHARLES DERVARICS , December 25, 2008

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Students and immigrants march toward the Federal Building across from Union Square in New York carrying a sign that calls for passing the DREAM Act.

“The best plan for the DREAM Act is as a standalone bill,” USSA’s Peoples says. With its focus on helping children who came to the United States with their parents, the public can view it as an education access issue rather than “a large, divisive immigration plan.” BAMN, USSA, change.org and others already are focusing on the Obama transition effort, while many blogs from students and nonprofit groups are rallying support for January.

USSA also is planning call-ins, a fax campaign and a pledge card effort to inundate Capitol Hill, Peoples says. “A lot of students are mobilized,” she adds.

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