Barack Obama's Shame: DREAM Activists Rally Outside Phoenix ICE Office as Part of National Day of Action

Rather than have a Dream Act, the parents of these wetbacks should be prosecuted for child abuse.  Depriving a child of his homeland and nationality is nothing less than that, to say nothing of the dangers to which children are exposed treking through the desert, being smuggled in cargo holds, or being held hostage by coyotes.

Our country desperately needs more hard-working, determined students. Hearing the stories of the DREAM Act students really cures the American arrogance that has gripped much of the country. They're so talented, yet so humble despite their challenging circumstances. Those kids are a real inspiration. 

Ahhh, the hue and cry of the liberal ignorami. Bitch and complain about Obummer now and trip over yourselves to vote for him in November. It is true that you get the government you deserve.

From today's editorial in the AZ Republic where they endorsed congressional candidate Ron Barber:  "It may be time to uncouple the elements of comprehensive immigration reform and look at what can be done piecemeal.  He mentioned the alternative Dream Act being offered by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and a guest-worker program."  

I hope Barber crushes "immigration hardliner" Jesse Kelly! 

I am a Latina and one of my Blog's missions is to support passing the Dream Act.
While I fight constantly to support the Dream Act's passage, I believe these students' protests are misguided and the Tea Party Republican extremists will capitalize on their attacks on our President.
President Obama and his Administration have valiantly tried to pass the Dream Act. They were almost successful in 2010 except for the Republicans and 5 Blue Dog Dems who defeated it.
The reason for the high rate of deportation is primarily due to:
1. High rate of Republican states that have passed racial profiling bills like sb1070 and have targetted Latino neighborhoods for arrests.
2. The Obama administration / ICE have reduced the time in Detention Centers/Private Prisons and moved to deport more quickly than the Bush Administration who pandered to private prisons and demanded 180 days in their $100 a day private prisons of their private prison cronies.
3. In 2011, the Obama administration has updated their policy and only deport the felonious criminals and are not targetting students or workers.

Anyone who believes Romney will make these conditions better is not listening to what Romney supports sb170. He said on DAY ONE of HIS Administration, if the Dream Act has been passed by Obama, he will over rule it. He said he believes in 100% Mass Deportation/Self Deportation. Kris Kobach is on his team and said the only way that Romney can pass his new version of the Dream Act is if ALL the students self-deport FIRST.

PLEASE, Dear Dream Students, Read what they are saying.
We MUST Support our President. If we elect him again and elect a Democratic Congress, they will Pass the Dream Act AND Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

If you want to protest, then protest in support of Passing these vital, vital bills.

Dee Perez Scott
Immigration Talk with a Mexican American
http://immigrationmexicanameri...

 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

"It can only be described as a massive violation of human rights, what
this country has done to deny a future to an entire generation of
individuals, who for all intents and purposes are Americans."

In this economy?  With majority of college grads unable to find ANY work?  Much less work that allows them to pay off their student loans?  These people have suffered MASSIVE VIOLATION.
 
studentloanjustice,org

Obama's SHAME?

Yeah, he can't get enough traction from Treyvon type issues to survive the backlash should he step on his brethren for something that should remain a DREAM until USA born of all persuasions have FULL GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT WITH WELL DEFINED CAREER PATH.  Perhaps his staff is still trying to calculate his number of AAvoting supporters vs. how many illegal DREAMers will vote for him.

That is NOT prejudice.  We ARIZONANS are NOT PREJUDICE. It is COMMON SENSE.  Exactly what developmental milestones did you miss in your formative years Stephen Lemons?

what this country has done to deny a future to an entire generation of Mexicans.

I agree and have stated this over and over again;  These kids are as American as Apple Pie.  They grew up studying about George Washington, The Louisiana Purchase, The Manifest Destiny and the 3 branches of Gov't.  They mostly likely have NO CLUE about Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Mexican Revolution.    I asked a DREAMer once, to recite the pledge of allegiance and she did so beautifully and when I asked about the Mexican national anthem she didn't have a clue.  That to me was proof enough.  As you put it, Stephen, for all intents and purposes; THESE ARE AMERICAN KIDS.

Good article but I think we are blaming Obama more than we should.  Obama wanted to sign the bill. Romney never will. McCain flip flopped. So did Flake. It still passed with a large magority. The republicans abusing the filibuster is the problem. 

So if a parent robs a bank to "better the lives of their children" then that is OK and the children should be allowed to keep that stolen money

 Yay! for the DREAM Act! Those that oppose it, have no clue what they are missing on. Sure there is many U.S citizens that are talented individuals. But DREAMers are not only talented but determined and hard working individuals as well. They have values that (sad but true) many U.S citizens lack. Sure they're parents brought them here illegally and all that. But think about it for a second, would you do nothing, and follow the "law" if your very own children were suffering from starvation, and excruciating circumstances? For some, going to a different country, is the only way out.

I believe that if we let DREAMers become legal residents and eventually U.S citizens, they will give so much back to our country and make it that much greater.

P.S For those of you who still believe that undocumented people just come here to work and get "free" stuff from us. Let me tell you, my mom works as a tax preparer, and more than 50% of her income comes from these same undocumented people that come back year after year to pay their taxes. There is something called the ITIN number (Individual Tax Payer Identification Number), which is, just like a SSN but starts with a 9. This is what they use instead of a SSN. And there is more. Since most undocumented people get paid with a W2, they are paying taxes throughout the year. Many would need to receive pretty generous refunds. But (obviously, because they are not supposed to be here they don't qualify for many credits. So, as you can see, no only do they pay taxes, but they pay way more than any U.S citizen.

Those signs look like they were put together by 3rd graders...or worse, entitled college grads. The cause is a noble one, the delivery leaves much to be desired. If that's the work product these kids are representing, I'd say they'd not be worth the energy to fix this problem. Their parents work ethic obviously skipped a generation.

Maybe Biden will go on national TV and pledge his support for the DREAM act, thus forcing Obama to support it also.

oh please!  offshoring our jobs after we paid to keep them here is a massive violation of our human rights.  student loan debt is calculated and conducted in a manner that is a massive violation of human rights.  how the banksters are stealing homes, cars and everything else they can get their hands on daily is a massive violation of our human rights.  honestly I have no idea why dreamers think they are going to have it any better and I honestly have no idea why you as journalists cannot bother to write about the crimes being perpetrated on US citizens en masse but go worrying about strangers who broke our laws to begin with.

As badly as Obama has done on this issue, what do you think Romney would do?