A Student Facing Deportation Talks About Why the DREAM Act is Important

Campus Progress spoke to Liana Montecinos, an undocumented student at George Mason University, about her experiences growing up in the U.S. and why the DREAM Act should be passed. Liana is facing deportation to Honduras, and she is not alone. Each year 65,000 students graduate from high school and find that they have few opportunities to go to college or work in the U.S. For many the U.S. is the only home they have ever known. You can help stop this from happening by taking action at:
http://campusprogress.org/dreamact

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[goingplaces11]

Broken families? If you don't want it then stop doing stupid shit, take them with you.

Raciscm? NO. I'm brown and of legal immigrants.

Unfair? I'm sorry, stealing, lying, cheating is not the American Dream.

[goingplaces11]

This is the responsibility of the families, not the responsibility of the tax paying citizens. I'm sorry That's how we would be treated in her country and around the world. I come from a family of legal immigrants. It's an insult to us to have to go through all that heartache and have these people stroll right on in. It's an insult to justice and to reason. They are basically thieves, who wearteh right clothes and try to sweet talk the nation.

[xXThatMexicanGuyXx]

Damn momma if u dnt wanna get deported u can just marry me ;)

[FlowersOrchid]

You look like Hope Sandoval from Mazzy Star ;)

[soccerisabeast13]

Illegal aliens this illegal aliens that. LOOK! People are not aliens! let alone illegal! We are all EQUAL! yeah, we look different, different cultures, DIFFERENT. Yeah its a different country BUT look back at your history I KNOW ya'll ignorant people are not 100% PURE...

[EricBLiar]

These illegal students should be ashamed. And if they aren't, they should be made ashamed. They were born in a foreign country. That is their home. Not here.

[markuskentwood]

and people think the world isn't coming to an end.

[goingplaces11]

@Guttan2k So since you have no other LOGICAL idea or argument to offer, you become a bad sport and call the winner a fool. NICE. I could have said the same thing about you, but I chose not to go that route.

[Guttan2k]

@goingplaces11 I guess there is no sense to argue with fools

[onstageagain]

@virreyesp Obama & should be sent straight to prison, & any other elected person in govt. who's committing treasonous acts against the USA. Obama is a disgrace to the office of President . Officials protecting illegals from being arrested/deported should be relieved from there position & arrested. We've played the game long enough,look where it's taken us. We've never been so DEVIDED, exactly where they wants us ! TOGETHER WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL. Ring any bells?