Tell Congress and Obama: Pass the DREAM Act This Summer!

The President's latest immigration speech brings welcome attention to the immigration crisis in America. We agree that comprehensive immigration reform is urgently needed – it is the only thing that will truly fix our broken immigration system.

But with comprehensive immigration reform stalled, there are important, targeted measures like the DREAM Act - stepping-stones to broader reform - that we can pass right now.

Please sign the petition to Congress and President Obama, and ask them to pass the DREAM Act this summer!

 
 
 
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Dear Congress and President Obama:

This summer, we are calling on Congress to pass a common sense piece of immigration reform called the DREAM Act, S. 729. It is a measure that would provide a path to citizenship for thousands of young people who are Americans in all but paperwork -- provided they have shown good character and either attend college or serve in the military for two years.

Some of the youth who would qualify to earn citizenship under the DREAM Act are valedictorians; others are future nurses, computer programmers, and soldiers. The bipartisan DREAM Act would put them on a path to citizenship instead of wasting millions of taxpayer dollars rounding them up and deporting them to countries they do not know.

If Congress fails to act this summer, America will lose another educated class of promising immigrant students who have demonstrated hard work and a strong commitment to their communities. Many members of Congress have not yet committed to supporting this crucial effort to pass the DREAM Act. We need your firm support to make this dream a reality!


Signed,

[Your Name]