Immigration
Supporters hold out hope for DREAM Act
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Supporters of the DREAM Act rallied Sunday at the state Capitol, urging lawmakers to make a last-ditch effort to save the legislation during the current special session.
Immigration
Hundreds support DREAM Act, blast governor
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Five hundred members of the immigrant community and their allies
turned out at the Capitol Sunday to express outrage at Gov. Tim
Pawlenty’s decision to remove the DREAM Act from the higher education
omnibus bill.
Immigration
DREAM Act legislation pulled; advocates plan Sunday demonstration
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Legislation that would have improved educational opportunities for immigrant students has been withdrawn at the state Capitol, but advocates say they are not giving up and plan a demonstration Sunday in support of the DREAM Act.
Immigration
Time to bring immigrant workers out of the shadows, labor leader says
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Hundreds of immigrant workers die — and thousands more are exploited — every year in the United States. Labor leader Baldemar Velasquez says it is time to organize and change immigration policy to bring them out of the shadows.
Immigration
Immigrant students say tuition legislation would fulfill a dream
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Young people who can make a real contribution to Minnesota would benefit from proposed legislation dubbed the “Dream Act,” proponents say.
Immigration
Campaign targets Aramark for firing immigrant workers
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As readers recited lines from “An Immigrant Stations of the Cross,” a singing procession of 25 people headed towards the corporate headquarters of General
Mills. Their purpose: to protest the unjust firing of 18 immigrant workers
employed by Aramark, a company under contract to clean offices at General
Mills.
Immigration
Law students help workers learn their rights
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A workers’ rights center staffed by University of Minnesota law students is now providing free legal advice for workers who feel their rights may have been violated.
Immigration
DREAM Act is focus of coffee hour program
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Minnesota’s DREAM Act, proposed legislation that would make a college education more accessible for the children of immigrants, will be the topic of the weekly coffee hour series Saturday at the Resource Center of the Americas.
Immigration
Legislation would help immigrant students
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An unusual, bipartisan coalition of state legislators has introduced a Minnesota version of “The Dream Act,” which would make a college education more affordable and more attainable for the children of immigrants.
Immigration
Opportunities for immigrant workers are key to state’s future, speakers say
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The keys to a strong future for Minnesota’s economy lie in education and in making a place for immigrant workers. That was the message delivered Tuesday to the Twin City Area Labor Management Council at a lunchtime seminar.