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Shutdown ICE - Los Angeles
"Progressive immigrant rights are never just given, or granted they have always been fought for and demanded."
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Protesting 287(g) - San Bernardino
"It is the time to stand against any legislation that criminalizes, and demoralizes, and dehumanizes our communities."
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DREAM Team Los Angeles was founded in advocacy and forged in activism. Undocumented youth activists advocating for the rights of the undocumented immigrant community. We took to the streets to fight for the Federal DREAM Act, legislation that would have granted a pathway to U.S. citizenship for undocumented youth, an almost 10 year battle to achieve its vote in Congress. When legislation failed in 2010 we directed our attention to President Obama to use his executive authority to grant administrative relief to the undocumented community. Through the use of peaceful, non-violent civil disobedience actions we achieved the policies of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and DAPA (Deferred Action and Parental Accountability). This is a brief look at our actions.
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A civil disobedience is “orchestrated plans to affect some particular change. This is one of the ways you change the world is by putting your body on the gears of history and make them stop at a particular place, at a particular time, to make a particular point.” - Tom Morello
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. - First Amendment
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“Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?” - Henry David Thoreau
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"The demonstration is the poor man's printing press. And his right to use it has got to be as inviolate as the rich man's right to print his newspaper, or else our talk about free speech is just a mockery." - Michael Hannon
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“A lot of people are troubled by civil disobedience. As soon as you talk about committing civil disobedience they get a little upset. But that's exactly the purpose of civil disobedience, to upset people, to trouble them, to disturb them. We who commit civil disobedience are disturbed too and we need to disturb those who are in charge…” - Howard Zinn
Recent Posts
Share Your Comments on AB 60 / Comparte Su Opinion sobre AB 60
"Spread the word! The DMV is having two hearings next week to receive public comments on the draft regulations for the driver's license law for undocumented immigrants. This is the time for the community to speak up and make sure the application process is fair and accessible!" "Pasen la voz! Audiencia del DMV para escuchar las recomendaciones de la comunidad para la implementación de la ley de las licéncias de manejo para indocumentados. Volante en español viene pronto." In Los Angeles, next Tuesday, June 24 in Downtown! Please come out and provide your input. Courtesy of the California Immigrant Policy ...
Dream Team Los Angeles, Immigrant Youth Coalition-LA, and More to Protest Deportations, Saturday 4/5
For immediate release: Wednesday April 4, 2014 California, All Out Against Deportations Los Angeles, CA - DREAM Team Los Angeles & Los Angeles Immigrant Youth Coalition will join statewide and national efforts to demand President Obama to use his executive authority to stop all deportations and grant administrative relief to all undocumented immigrants. We will also be demanding that the city of Los Angeles show initiative by ending its collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The president has deported nearly 2 million immigrants in his time in the White House, and has placed millions more in immigration detention centers ...