Reply: MALDEF RESPONDS TO SENATE DREAM ACT VOTE

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Venceremos Hermano Saenz~
Every positive has a negative. Maybe this will help us to stop being beggars at the Amerikan banquet. This racist-fascist government does not have our true interests at heart. Let's wake up and stop counting on sympathy from others. We need to build up our own local sanctuaries, give refuge to the refugees, count on ourselves and in the long-run have the vision to look at toppling this Amerikan Empire. We need to build up a collective People's Liberation Movement with others who have their own issues and causes and forge mutually supportive alliances.

We need to quit playing Sleeping Beauty and see that the so-called Amerikan Dream is really a nightmare for us.

Join the Humane Liberation Party or another progressive party. Break away from the Democrats. La Raza cannot depend upon solutions from the two-headed Monster of the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Venceremos! We Will Win!
Peta_de_Aztlan
Sacramento, California
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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F.Kennedy ~ c/s

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From: Thomas A. Saenz - President and General Counsel of MALDEF <info@maldef.org>
To: PETER <peter.lopez51@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sat, December 18, 2010 9:27:06 AM
Subject: MALDEF RESPONDS TO SENATE DREAM ACT VOTE

MALDEF RESPONDS TO SENATE DREAM ACT VOTE Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Statement on DREAM Act Vote by the U.S. Senate WASHINGTON, D.C. - Moments ago, by a vote of 55-41, the U.S. Senate voted against cloture of debate to permit a majority of senators who support the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) to join the House of Representatives and pass this significant legislation. Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF, issued the following statement in response to today's vote on the DREAM Act: "Democracy lost out today as a minority of the United States Senate refused to permit a vote on the merits of the DREAM Act. In the face of extraordinarily committed youth and a nationwide movement, obstinately obstructionist senators refused to allow a bill with obvious and enduring benefits to our nation's future to move forward. Sacrificed to transitory and shortsighted political trends were some of our nation's most critical constitutional and guiding principles. Enactment of the DREAM Act would have vindicated longstanding values that have served to make our nation great. This is a critical political moment, and the Latino community and the entire nation will surely hold accountable the political leaders who cravenly blocked progress today." For the last decade, MALDEF has advocated on behalf of permitting hard-working undocumented students educated in the United States to achieve their dreams of serving the nation in which they grew up by pursuing higher education or service in the armed forces. The DREAM Act holds substantial public support: 70%, according to a recent poll by First Focus, and 66 %, according to Lake Research Partners. The DREAM Act would provide a qualified path to citizenship otherwise not available to roughly 755,000 immigrant youth and young adults, specifically for those completing two years of college or military service. For all media inquiries, please contact Laura Rodriguez. Founded in 1968, MALDEF is the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization. Often described as the "law firm of the Latino community," MALDEF promotes social change through advocacy, communications, community education, and litigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrant rights, and political access.For more information on MALDEF, please visit: www.maldef.org Make sure you receive MALDEF email updates. Add info@maldef.org to your approved senders list. This email was sent to: Click here to unsubscribe from email sent by MALDEF. © 2010 MALDEF MALDEF NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Los Angeles Regional Office 634 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90014 Tel: 213.629.2512