| DREAM Act Battle Comes to a Head  As of Friday, both House and Senate leaders had announced that they intend to force votes on the DREAM Act as early as Tuesday of this week. This followed a week of uncertainty, as Democratic leaders scheduled and rescheduled votes on the DREAM Act in a frantic, last-ditch effort to pass the amnesty legislation. In the end, they only succeeded in postponing debate until this week.
Read the full article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congressman Gutierrez Vows to Take Amnesty Fight to Streets  If the lame-duck session ends without the passage of amnesty legislation, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) has vowed that he and other Hispanic leaders will stage a full-tilt campaign of “civil disobedience,” like the African-American civil-rights movement of the 1960s. (The Daily Beast, Dec. 1, 2010) During an interview with The Daily Beast published last week, Rep. Gutierrez promised there will be protests, marches, and sit-ins in an attempt to garner support for amnesty legislation. The movement will operate autonomously and will no longer be beholden to wavering Democrats, filibustering Republicans, or President Barack Obama. (Id.) Rep. Gutierrez, who heads the Immigration Task Force for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, says that he is taking his cues on civil disobedience from the 1960s. “When black people in this country decided they were going to fight for civil rights and for voting rights, they didn’t ask if the majority leader was with them,” he said.
Read the full article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congress Grants Haitian Orphans Green Cards  Last week Congress passed the Help Haiti Act of 2010 (H.R. 5283), legislation aimed at granting legal permanent resident (LPR) status to certain Haitian orphans following Haiti’s devastating earthquake last January. Specifically, the Act applies to unmarried Haitian minors under the age of 18 who are physically present in the U.S. and who were granted humanitarian parole by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano between Jan. 18, 2010 and Apr. 15, 2010. The Act prohibits the biological parents of the minors from receiving any immigration benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and caps the number of orphans who benefit from the Act to 1,400.
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