I was only able to catch about half of this much anticipated debate for the candidates running for California’s governor. I think that Jerry Brown definitely came across as being more genuine and less scripted. Yet, I do think that Meg Whitman performed better than expected. If the Democrats show up to vote in California, [...]

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Back in May, I wrote about how the state of Arizona codified in law a bill, HB 2281, banning ethnic studies curriculums throughout the state. On Thursday, I had the opportunity to listen to the attorney and two plaintiffs (teachers Lorenzo Lopez and Rene Martinez) who are challenging this law in court at a presentation [...]

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By Bender Bending Gonzalez and the Webmaster Why do immigrants (legal or illegal) come to this country? In search of a better life of course. I am an immigrant myself [Bender Bending Gonzalez], and I came to the U.S. to obtain a better education, a better job, a higher standard of living, and if at [...]

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As has been reported all over the news yesterday and today, the DREAM Act, along with the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal, was blocked from coming to the Senate floor by the GOP in the Senate. Senator Reid had chosen to bring the DREAM Act to the Senate floor as an amendment to the defense [...]

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Today is a big day in the immigrant rights and by extension the larger Latino community, as the DREAM Act comes up for a vote early this afternoon in Washington, D.C. I have already called my California Senators Boxer and Feinstein urging them to vote “Yes” on the DREAM Act and have urged my friends [...]

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The “DREAM Now Series: Letters to Barack Obama” is a social media campaign that launched Monday, July 19, to underscore the urgent need to pass the DREAM Act, and ended on Wednesday, September 15, with the full support of Barack Obama. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S. 729, would help [...]

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By Bender Bending Gonzalez If there was one recurring theme at last night’s Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 33rd Annual Gala, it was the Dream Act and inherently immigration reform. One by one, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and of course President Barack Obama took the stage and delivered the usual “si [...]

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By Pablo Manriquez POLITICO reports that Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) along with Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) will meet with President Obama on Thursday at 2:30PM “to request his support for the new legislation and the immigrant-student bill, known as the DREAM Act.” The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act [...]

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