Somos Un Pueblo Unido Protecting Immigrants' Rights in New Mexico

Somos Un Pueblo Unido 1205 Parkway Dr, Suite B Sante Fe, NM   87507   telephone: 505-424-7832 fax: 505-438-8518 email: somos@rt66.com

First introduced in 2001, the DREAM Act permits high school graduates who immigrated to the U.S. as minors and have lived in the U.S. for at least five years to apply for legal status. The DREAM Act also eliminates a federal provision that discourages states from providing in-state tuition to immigrant students. We support the DREAM Act, the spirit of which is founded on the following two core principles:

1. Immigrant students who were brought to this county as children, stay out of trouble, and meet the universal requirements for high school graduation deserve to be judged according to their own character and merit, regardless of their country of birth or immigration status. They should have equal opportunity to pursue higher education, obtain legal status, and become a citizen of the country they call home, the United States.
2. The federal government should not compel states to discriminate in the allocation of their own education resources. Rather, states should be free to provide in-state tuition and financial aid at their institutions of higher learning, and otherwise facilitate equitable access to higher education for immigrant students.

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Albuquerque Partnership
American Civil Liberties Union (NM Chapter)
American Friends Service Committee (New Mexico Area Committee)
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Asociación de Comerciantes Latino Americanos
El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos
El Centro de La Raza (UNM)
Friends for Democracy (Portales)
Hispano Roundtable of New Mexico
Human Needs Coordinating Council
MANA de Albuquerque
Mexican American Student Association (UNM)
New Mexico Catholic Conference of Bishops
New Mexico Conference of Churches
New Mexico Federation of Educational Employees/American Federation of Teachers
New Mexico Human Rights Coalition
New Mexico Voices for Children
Northern New Mexico ENLACE (Engaging Latino Communities for Higher Education)
PACE/Revisioning New Mexico
Santa Fe City Council
Somos Un Pueblo Unido
Southwest Creations Collaborative
Southwest Organizing Project
Taos Hispano Chamber of Commerce