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23-Oct-07 5:00 PM EST

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You Can Help Immigrant Students Today!

CALL NOW to Urge Your Senators to Vote for the DREAM Act!

With a possible Senate vote on the DREAM Act as early as Wednesday, anti-immigrant groups are already flooding the Senate phones with their hateful messages. We need your help now more than ever to remind our elected officials that we should give talented youth a chance to contribute to this country!

TELL SENATORS TO VOTE FOR S. 2205 THE DREAM ACT!

Last week, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) re-introduced the DREAM Act as a new stand-alone bill, S. 2205. There are an estimated 65,000 students who graduate from high school every year without legal immigration status, including many Asian Americans. These students face a daily fear of deportation from the only country they know and many difficulties pursuing higher education or military service.

If made into law, the DREAM Act would apply to individuals brought to the U.S. at least five years ago as children, who have grown up here, and who have remained in school and out of trouble. They could get a green card six years after graduating from high school if during that time they continue on to college or serve in the military.

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to be directly connected to your Senators' offices. We must call more often and be louder than the anti-immigrant groups. Call now to urge both your Senators to support the DREAM Act!