Campaigning for the DREAM ACT

Here are a few suggestions now that the DREAM ACT will be coming up for vote in Congress the next few days.

Inform everyone you know. Many people who are against the DREAM ACT don't have accurate information. A good example is one of the comments recently posted on this blog. There is concern that the DREAM ACT will encourage fraud and many other bad things for society- You can counter this mis-information by writing your own comments!

You can help by:

1. Talk to people, your friends, your neighbors, your teachers. Just think how fast gossip gets around... info. on the DREAM ACT could get around that fast also.

2. Many newspapers encourage readers to post comments. You can respond to articles on immigration by explaining the benefits of the DREAM ACT. A good example is today's article by the Houston Chronicle about the criminal alien program. You could write about the DREAM ACT kids who do not commit crimes, who follow the rules - and mention that the media too often emphasizes the negative when it comes to immigrants.

3. Many politicians now have a page on MySpace... write comments on their pages about the DREAM ACT.

4. If you are a DREAM ACT student, when you comment say you would benefit from the DREAM ACT.. you don't need to identify yourself. But you can tell people that about your goals and interests. People often come around when they realize that they are dealing with real people, not just numbers.

5. I am not that religious, but I would suggest to pray - some people say it works.


The pressure for the military option in the DREAM ACT is still very much a concern. This is far from a perfect bill... But its still worth your energy to endorse it.