Jaime Torres

Blogs
December 9, 2010
DREAM Act Senate Vote Looming For Bay Area Illegal Immigrant Students
Is there a path to citizenship for her? With the Senate vote on the DREAM Act this morning being pushing back to next week, Bay Area illegal immigrant students are looking to buoy yesterday's victory in the House into a win for the bill that would give them a path to citizenship.While the bill si ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Senate Votes Against Taking Up DREAM Act. Local Students Bummed.
Nope. Not today. The U.S. Senate today voted against taking up the the defense budget bill -- curtailing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's last-minute plan to tack on an amendment to give illegal immigrants who go to college or into the military a chance at citizenship. The Wall Street Journal ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2010
Senate To Vote On DREAM Act Tuesday. Local Activists To Picket Feinstein's Office.
You may recall our July cover feature on young undocumented immigrants waiting for the DREAM Act, a bill that would give illegal immigrants who go to college or serve in the military a path to citizenship. At the time the story came out, many advocates predicted that Democrats would lack the ball ... More >>
News
July 21, 2010
The Education Trap
In California, many undocumented immigrants are offered cheap college tuition, only to find they can’t get jobs after they graduate.