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McCain 5
Three undocumented youth (Mohammad Abdollahi, Lizbeth Mateo, Yahaira Carillo) and Permanent Resident Raul Al-qaraz Ochoa, are arrested in John McCain’s Tucson office demanding action on the DREAM Act as a stand-alone bill with the slogan “Arizona is not the standard for immigration reform.”Total undocumented arrestees: 3 -
DREAM 21
Following a “Dream Graduation” by hundreds of DREAM eligible students, supporters rally outside the Senate offices as twenty-two undocumented youth sit-in in the building lobby and in offices of various Republican and Democratic senators. Twenty-one are arrested: Laura Lopez, Jose Torres, Dulce Matuz, Lulu Martinez, Uriel Sanchez, Jesus Morales, David Morales, Jose Franco, Diana Martinez, Ricardo Quinones, Sonia Guinansaca, Isabel Castillo, Mryna Orozco, Nico Gonzalez, Ireri Unzue -
North Carolina 7
September 6, 2011: Directly confronting the record-setting deportations of President Obama and Democrats’ complicity in North Carolina and nationwide anti-immigrant laws, a sit-in is held in Charlotte, where the 2012 Democratic convention will be held. Seven undocumented youth (Martin Rodriguez, Cynthia Martinez, Santiago Garcia, Alicia Torres-Don, Manuel Vasquez, Angelica Velazquillo, and Marco Saavedra) are arrested in the civil disobedience; overzealous police detain three others. -
Alabama
