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Today’s Love: Cute Kids Dropping the I-Word

For his fourth grade school community service project in Tucson, Arizona, Sam made a video encouraging everyone he knows to Drop the I-Word and stop calling people illegal.

Sam’s video, complete with diagrams, asks viewers to stop using the word “illegal” by providing  some compelling arguments. “Sometimes my dad speeds, is he an illegal?” he asks.

Sam has had to collect newspaper clippings and says, “I feel sad and bad for the people who are being are being called illegal.” Most of Sam’s friends at school are Mexican-American. He attends Davis Bilingual Magnet Elementary School where every morning his class starts the day by reciting the Mayan concept/saying, En Lak Ech (You are my other me):

In Spanish: Tú eres mi otro yo. Si te daño a ti, me daño a mi mismo. Si te respeto a ti, me respeto a mi mismo.

In English: “You are my other me. If I harm you, I harm myself. If I respect you, I respect myself.”

So today’s Love goes to Sam, for sharing his ideas, his courage and his love with us. 

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Perfect for Columbus Day!

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Today began what is being called the “strongest” immigration law in America: questioning people who could potentially be “illegal” and checking immigration status of children in public schools. Fight this and DO NOT let it come to Florida!

Read the story for more details. 

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If you support education, if you support equality, then you support the DREAM Act!

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Reblog DREAMers!

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U.S. will review cases of 300,000 illegal immigrants in deportation proceedings

Undocumented immigrants, who meet several qualifications, will be granted a permit to work in the U.S., according to officials of the Obama administration.

In order to scoop out the “worst of the worst,” the deportation cases of more than 300,000 undocumented immigrants will be delayed and reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Older people who have resided in the U.S. since childhood, those who have no criminal records and students who could benefit from the DREAM Act could potentially be allowed to stay and work legally.

Supporters of the announcement claim this is a big step toward immigration reform, as well as for the Obama administration. 

Members of the Republican Party view this announcement—like many other pro-immigration pieces of legislation—as “amnesty.”

WE ARE NOT ILLEGAL—WE ARE HUMAN!

Now, where have I seen this before? Hmm….

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