A Dream Deferred

makeartlikeyoucare asked: How is the documentary coming? I want to list this as a resource for a new exhibition I am putting together on DREAMers.

Hey,

Thanks for asking. and sorry for taking so long to respond. Right now I’m still in pre-production/ production mode. Tell me more about your exhibition. Is it in the NY area?

ncdreamteam:

Hello my name is Erick Velazquillo. I want to share my story with you of how I was brought to the United States as a child, grew up as a Mexican-American, and I am now facing a deportation order. I need your support to help me stay in the only country I know as home.

I was born in Mexico…

(Source: ncdreamteam.org)

ncdreamteam:

 An undocumented student in North Carolina who could be deported to Mexico is trusting that the NC DREAM Team, made up of young people supporting the long-stalled legislation known as the DREAM Act, can help him win his battle to remain in the United States.

(psst, you can help stop Erick’s deportation by taking action today!)

Another student film about the undocumented. What do you think of this one?

Langston Hughes

Short (incomplete) documentary about DREAMers made at UC Berkeley for Campus Movie Fest.

I’m constantly looking for films on this topic as research for my own. I have a million opinions, but hearing others’ is a helps more. What do you think of this film? Do you think it’s captured the experience of undocumented students? Or do you think it lacked?

keeponcrossing:

67 Sueños by New American Media

Colorlines documented a recent report released by the Migration Policy Institute that has revealed data suggesting 67% of undocumented youth and young adults would not qualify for the DREAM Act.  This introductory video provides a glimpse into the 67 Sueños Collective in Oakland and their organizing efforts in social justice for undocumented and under-represented immigrants.  As the Institute’s findings would indicate, a significant majority of undocumented youth are not addressed or acknowledged by current legislation.  Furthermore, just as the Collective organizers mentioned, there exists a media dichotomy of immigrant criminal and immigrant over-achiever that prevents the visibility of diverse struggles in the lives of undocumented youth.  The DREAM Act, while valuable for a minority of immigrants (particularly those who are presently in college), is problematic to the extent that it offers citizenship through “higher” education (which many undocumented Latin@s cannot afford) or citizenship through military service (which many undocumented Latin@s do not want).  This is one of many ways Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) does not begin to be even slightly “comprehensive.”  

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(Source: the-unhappy-merry-maker)

beastlybeesay:

*correction
Since this passed it could go to a vote as early as tomorrow morning.
Good Luck Illinois DREAMers.

roxannjackson:

How true this is.