Conservative activists and lawmakers will try once more this coming legislative session to stop what has become known as the texas dream act. The texas Republican Partys official 2014 platform calls for repealing the law. Nationally, meanwhile, comprehensive Immigration Reform has stalled in washington, as dreamers and other advocates are pressing congress for an overhaul that would create a formal path to citizenship for young people who came here as children. Dreamers have become an influential political voice, appearing on the cover of Time Magazine and playing a key role in shaping immigration policy. Gabby, id like to start with you, if i could. Sure. Who are the dreamers, and how many are there in the United States . So there are about 2. 1 million dreamers who came to the United States when they were children. They are usually categorized as people who came to the United States before the age of 16. And we have seen different d. R. E. A. M. Act legislation. So the majority of th
Breaking the prison chains
Rebellion at St. Louis City Jail
A continuous assault on imprisoned inhabitants at the “Justice Center” in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, precipitated the fourth prison rebellion in recent months April 4. (tinyurl.com/yk44uu4g)
Onlookers watch as incarcerated workers chant from broken windows at the city jail in St. Louis, April 4.
Two separate groups smashed out windows in different areas and displayed messages like “Help Us.” People could be heard chanting: “We want court dates!”
The majority of people held in city jails like this one are in pretrial status, without having been convicted of any crime. They are trapped inside for years and exposed to medical neglect and COVID while awaiting trial.