Americans Who Are Denied the DREAM

With an astounding number of undocumented immigrants belonging to the largest minority group in the United States, close attention needs to be focused on issues that are important to immigrants. Simply because their vote will count! Throughout the course of the debate, voters and non-voters who are concerned with providing opportunities for immigrants to attain citizenship, will be observing the sentiments of the 2008 presidential candidates on the failed DREAM legislation. This legislation would have allowed children who have grown up in the United States, but are not native to the country, to attain citizenship through either military services or higher educational opportunities. The positions of four of the current candidates are as follows:


Sen. Hillary Clinton- supporter of DREAM Act


Sen. Barack Obama- supporter of DREAM Act


Mike Huckabee- opposes DREAM Act


Sen. John McCain- supporter of DREAM Act

Group Blog Assignment

Each student assistant within Founders Reference Department will participate in a group blog covering pertinent issues surrounding the 2008 Presidential Elections.

You are to choose a topic/issue from the list herein and post, once a week, how that topic is addressed, discussed, debated by the current six presidential candidates via newspapers, campaign and general media websites.

As of today, the current candidates are: Clinton (D), Huckabee (R), McCain(R), McKinney(GP), Nader(I), Obama(D)

Pick an topic/issue:

1 Immigration -- Richardson / Ukaoma
2 Health Care -- Jackson
3 Economy -- Gamble
4 Education K-12 -- Golden
5 Education Higher Education -- Nelson
6 Environment -- Ajala
7 Technology --
8 Domestic Issues (Infrastucture, Employment) -- Young
9 International Issues (National Security) -- Newsome
10 Housing --

Assignment Guidelines
1. Use RSS to track online resources.

2. Posts should be, at minimum 2-4 sentences. Must have embedded links to cited resources.

3. Each post should have labels with (1) your initials, (2) the issue you are covering and (3) the last name of the presidential candidate discussed in the post.