The House is set to vote on the DREAM Act as early as NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY (December 8th, 2010)

There have been concerns about changes made in the new bill. To learn more, please read information from the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and United We DREAM.

If passed, the DREAM ACT would provide a pathway to citizenship to undocumented students who arrived in the U.S. before the age of 15, have lived in the U.S for at least five years, graduated from a U.S. high school and are pursuing their education or serving in the military. The DREAM Act would make higher education more accessible and affordable for over 65,000 undocumented students nationally.

This issue would have significant impacts on our community. Nearly 40% of the students at University of California system alone that would benefit from the DREAM Act are AAPI.

TAKE ACTION: Help turn the lame duck into a mighty duck and support the DREAM Act. Send a letter to your Senators and Representative.

Call your Senators and Representative today: 1-866-587-3023.

Sample script: Hello, my name is and I'm calling as a constituent of ____ and as a member of APAP - Asian Pacific Americans for Progress to support the DREAM Act. The DREAM ACT would provide a pathway to citizenship to undocumented students and make higher education more accessible and affordable, which has a significant impact on the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. I call on ____ to support the DREAM Act. *Note: Be willing to give out your contact information to Congressional staffers to identify you as a constituent of their respective areas.

More information at http://www.dreamactivist.org