20,000 DREAM Act petitions delivered to Sen. Reid

from Jackie, Matt, Adam, and the America's Voice team

Your commitment to legalizing over one million students -- students who are American in all but paperwork -- is keeping the DREAM Act alive.

Our DREAM Act petition that you signed (along with 20,000 other advocates from America's Voice and Reform Immigration for America) was hand-delivered to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday by four DREAM activists named Yahaira, Matias, Lizbeth, and Prerna.

Click the headline above to see pictures of Senator Reid's staff accepting the 20,000 letters from concerned advocates like you.

Senator Reid publicly responded to our actions by laying out the challenge ahead:

"I am happy to do the DREAM Act. I'm working very hard with Senator Durbin and others, but I'm not going to do the DREAM Act unless I have 60 votes. I'm not going to disappoint thousands and thousands of these young men and women unless I can win."

While our petition achieved a major step in demonstrating the overwhelming support for the DREAM Act, after a week of student-led action and mobilization in DC, we still have one last hurdle to overcome: we need half a dozen more senators to stand up for this common sense measure.

It will take all of us fighting to make sure Senator Reid and Senator Durbin win over these last few votes. Please join our Facebook community and receive breaking news and information about how you can help make the DREAM Act a reality.

Thanks again for all of your hard work. We won't stop fighting now.