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Dreamers reject the Achieve Act introduced by Republicans

Posted on November 28, 2012 By Griselda Nevarez Dreamers

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Dreamers rallied for President Barack Obama to stop deporting undocumented youth. Now Republicans have introduced the Achieve Act, a Republican version of the DREAM Act, but it does not offer a path to citizenship. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Dreamers are rejecting an alternate version of the DREAM Act, dubbed the Achieve Act, that was introduced Tuesday by Republican senators and would give a legal status to undocumented youth who entered the United States as children.

Retiring senators Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) presented the Achieve Act Tuesday, saying it would “provide a basis for compromise on the status of children brought to this country illegally.”

The proposal would put in place a special visa system for undocumented youth who want to pursue a technical or college degree, or serve in the U.S. military.

But dreamers are not happy with it and are saying they won’t support it.

Achieve Act is ‘a watered down’ DREAM Act

Dreamers achieve act

Looking to get an answer from Republican presidential nominee, dreamers march to the RNC, seeking answers. Now Republicans have introduced the Achieve Act, a Republican version of the DREAM Act, but it does not offer a path to citizenship. (Photo VOXXI/Toni Belchi)

Erika Andiola, a dreamer from Arizona, said she predicts the Achieve Act won’t gain enough support to pass in Congress because it doesn’t provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented youth.

She calls the Republican proposal a “watered down” version of the DREAM Act, which was first introduced as a bipartisan bill in 2001. That bill enjoyed support from Republicans including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who co-sponsored it before dropping his support and voting against it in 2010. Now, McCain backs the Achieve Act.

“It doesn’t make sense for Republicans to water down the DREAM Act, especially after we saw in the elections that not only the Latino community but also a large portion of the American people support the DREAM Act and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants,” Andiola told VOXXI.

She also noted that the Achieve Act lists similar qualifications as the DREAM Act. The major difference, she said, is that unlike the DREAM Act, the Republican legislation does not include a pathway to citizenship and fewer dreamers would benefit from it.

Achieve Act treats dreamers like ‘second-class citizens’

Dulce Matuz, chairwoman of the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition, told VOXXI she disapproves of the Achieve Act, saying it “treats dreamers like second-class citizens.”

“It doesn’t fully accept and integrate dreamers into society and it doesn’t provide them a pathway to citizenship,” she told VOXXI.

Matuz said she is concerned that there is “no real effort for bipartisan work” coming from the Republican Party to draft legislation that addresses the issue of immigration as a whole.

However, she said the Achieve Act is a sign that the party is “starting to pander to the Latino electorate.”

“There’s nothing wrong with that,” she told VOXXI. “The problem is that they are doing it the wrong way. They should be consulting and having dialogue with the national networks and congressional leaders who have been working on this for years.”

Achieve Act is ‘a slap in the face’

Daniel Rodriguez, an Arizona activist with United We Dream Network, calls the Achieve Act “a slap in the face” for dreamers and a majority of Americans who want Congress to pass legislation dealing with the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.

“Anyone who introduces anything less than a broad immigration reform is not taking the Latino vote seriously and is not taking the majority of the American public seriously,” he told VOXXI

Rodriguez added that “a piecemeal legislation” like the Achieve Act will no longer suffice.

“We really need to look at a broad immigration reform that focuses not only on the border but also on other issues like the economy, providing a path to citizenship and keeping families together,” he said.

 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/sojournimages Scott Di Vincenzo

    America is a Republic NOT a Democracy. 2.) There’s Always Canada (-:

    • http://www.facebook.com/rodrigh16 Hilario Rodriguez

      then go back to canada, you dont belong here.

      • http://nobama.com/ BajaRat

        The US is NOT a democracy. It’s a constitutional republic, genius. If you want a democracy then move to one of Comrade Soetoro’s brilliant successes….. Egypt, culero.

      • USAmerican100

        Right after you move back to Spain.

        • http://www.facebook.com/beverly.cater.12 Beverly Cater

          The Spanish people never act like the Mexicans. The Spanish have class.

    • VivaLaMigra

      Let these “dreamers” go to the 51st State…they have very liberal immigation laws up there. Maybe they can work in some of Canada’s booming industries in the northwestern provinces….I hear the weather is positively lovely in Alberta, Manatoba, and Saskatchewan this time of year! I’m sure the Canucks won’t mind sharing those wide-open prairies with most of Mexico and half of Central America, eh?

  • http://twitter.com/HOUSTONPETITION Stop the Magnet

    Good. Now kill it. The DEMANDERS are doing good work in their extreme demands and holding signs in Spanish too… and I hope they continue on their fool’s errand. Americans are catching on to the “UNDOCUMENTED & UNAFRAID”crowd and are fed up.More fodder for leftist claptrap.

    • VivaLaMigra

      Yep, they’re “undocumented” [translation: ILLEGAL!] but why should they be afraid? After all, Barry Hussein Soetoro, the nation’s #1 Illegal Alien, has their back!

  • http://nobama.com/ BajaRat

    Imagine that… a bunch of self-absorbed obnoxious and easily deportable border-jumping parasites issuing demands of law-abiding citizens, most of whom want their sorry asses tossed out of the country ASAP. That’s what happens when the nation elects an America-hating tin pot Marxist POS like Comrade ObaMao. It’s gonna be a rough ride.

  • VivaLaMigra

    So, according to one illegal alien protester, we’re now “suppressing democracy?” Gee, I thought in a real democracy, it was the “demos” – The People…of THAT nation, who made the decisions, not outsiders! But, now, We, the American People are supposed to surrender our inherent right of self-government and self-determination to a bunch of law breakers? And so-called “conservative” members of the Senate…Good Riddance to Kyl and Hutchinson! … are fine w/ that? With “representation” like that, no wonder this Nation is going to Hell..and on a Greased Slab, to boot!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ali-Alexander/100003503971673 Ali Alexander

      Yup. We already have LAWS that were passed by our Congresscritters who were duly elected through our DEMOCRATIC processes. Laws which these illegal aliens have unilaterally decided to ignore. Their behavior is UNDEMOCRATIC.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ali-Alexander/100003503971673 Ali Alexander

    I wonder when these “Dreamers” will realize that not only are they not second class citizens, they’re not citizens of this country at all nor are they even legal residents. They have no standing here to demand anything. And do they really think it wins them any support to show up in pictures like the one accompanying this article, with signs in SPANISH? If they’re so “American”, shouldn’t they be using ENGLISH?

    • http://nobama.com/ BajaRat

      Mexicans are not “immigrants.” They are colonists.

  • dreamer’s nightmare

    the majority of americans support amnesty for them? now that IS a dream! the majority of us want our borders enforced first and these brats can get in line like everyone else who as immigrated legally.

    • http://www.facebook.com/beverly.cater.12 Beverly Cater

      They lie about everything! They even claim to be indigenous to the U.S. Hahahaha
      Yet they always have to jump the border always.
      They pretend to be American Hispanics. NOT. They are usually from Mexico.

  • USAmerican100

    Deport the lazy, ungrateful parasites!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Broms/539703227 Chris Broms

    One of the more mysterious through lines to this discussion is the oft cited figure of “11 million illegals.” This figure has been repeated for years now. In fact, the previous figure that made the rounds was 12 million illegal aliens. How it dropped by a million is anyone’s guess. But the truth is that there are more likely THIRTY MILLION ILLEGALS ALIENS in the U.S.

    If the Republicans cave in to, or pander to these parasites in any way, you may be assured that we will live under a one party system whose only goal will be to give bread and circuses to an ever growing base of Third World flotsam.

    Register your dissatisfaction daily with calls and e mails to the usual suspects in Washington, because it’s clutch time for the United States, my friends.

    • http://www.facebook.com/beverly.cater.12 Beverly Cater

      They have sneaked in and invaded our nation for years! Right!

  • USAmerican100

    These schemers won’t be happy until the Southwest is part of Mexico again. Actually the Dream or Achieve Act is not even needed, “Undocumented youth” can already pursue a college education or join the military, they just need to leave the USA by age 18.5 and apply to return legally.

    • http://www.facebook.com/beverly.cater.12 Beverly Cater

      You are aware the southwest was claimed by Mexico only for 26 years? Spain claimed the southwest for 300 years. Yet don’t continue making fools of themselves like Mexicans do.
      Native American tribes were in the southwest not Mexicans.

      • USAmerican100

        Yes I am aware of all that, the Schemers ignore it because facts interfere with their racist Reconquista agenda.

  • Sophianova

    These illegal alien lawbreakers are getting very bold and arrogant. I am sick and tired of their constant demands. I would love to see every last one of them get arrested and deported.

  • Miles Green

    America to GOP, America to GOP. Forget catering to the Hispanics and their illegal allies. Nothing you ever do will make these whiners happy unless you just give them the country.

    • http://www.facebook.com/beverly.cater.12 Beverly Cater

      Hispanic American citizens do not support them! Only anchor babies do.

  • http://www.facebook.com/beverly.cater.12 Beverly Cater

    Dreamers please dream of your homeland called Mexico! Dream of going back
    and leaving Americans ALONE! We still don’t want any of you here!

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