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

September 19, 2007 — Action Alert! The DREAM Act Call New Mexico Senators Sign Somos statement and petition Somos friends, U.S. Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) will most likely offer the DREAM Act THIS WEEK as an amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization bill (H.R. 1585). The DREAM Act would restore states' full rights to provide instate tuition and financial aid to immigrant students and it would a open a path for students who attend college for two years to obtain legal immigration status so they can fully integrate in to our country's labor force. Somos Un Pueblo Unido has been working with student leaders and allies around the state to create awareness and support for undocumented immigrant students and the DREAM Act. The time to act is now. The amendment may be offered and voted on as soon as today, but it might not come up until next week. Either way, we should not wait to let our voice of support be heard!!!

Support the DREAM Act Read the fact sheet. E-mail your Legislators Ask them to support the DREAM Act. Connect to their office e-mails here. Call your Legislators Use our website to send us your e-mail address or cell phone number or call us at 424-7832 or send us an e-mail. We'll send you action alerts for call-in days. Sign and Circulate a petition Download the petition. Spread the word. Español     PDF   o   Word English     PDF   or   Word Make a Video: Are you a student? If so, make a video to tell your story. E-mail it to Somos, we’ll post it online. Use a webcam or a digital camera, not cell phones please.

These are the things you can do now to ensure that our Senators know how much support there is in New Mexico for the DREAM Act:

• CALL SENATORS' OFFICES (DISTRICT AND WASHINGTON) every day this week
  and ask them to:
  
  
  • Vote for the DREAM Act amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization bill so that immigrant students already graduating from New Mexico universities can become the bilingual, bicultural professionals we need.

  • Remember - Senator Bingaman is already a co-sponsor but still needs to hear from his constituents.

• Sign on to statement of support. If you belong to an organization, please make sure it is an official endorser of the DREAM Act. Read this sign-on statement and list of current endorsers, if you don't see your organization, please email Somos immediately to sign on. We will send the statement to the media and to the Senators’ offices.

• Sign and distribute Somos petition. Get Informed! Read our fact sheet.
  Download a petition to help distribute among your friends and members.   PDF   or   Doc
  Our goal is to collect 1,000 petitions by early next week.

For more information, go to www.somosunpueblounido.org or call us at 424-7832.   ¡Gracias!

SENATE CONTACT INFORMATION
Senator Bingaman offices Santa Fe: 988-6647 Albuquerque: 346-6601 Roswell: 622-7113 Washington DC: (202) 224-5521 Email		Senator Domenici offices Santa Fe: 988-6511 Albuquerque: 346-6731 Las Cruces: 526-5475 Roswell: 622-7113 Washington DC: (202) 224-6621 Email