One of the most important social movements in the United States includes the DREAMERs; young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States who have regenerate the immigration reform debate. For years, these DREAMERs have been forcing the Congress to pass the DREAM Act (acronym for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors), which especially would allow these young undocumented immigrants the legal right to stay in the United States. The DREAM Act benefits to both the U.S. and immigrant populations. Reducing the significance of the U.S. immigration policies, this will increase the inflow of illegal immigrants. These DREAMERs went through many struggles and obstacles for social justice to become the most active and dynamic elements
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This includes the complementary sources like the newspaper, articles, social media, and interviews. Many refer to the DREAMERs as “aliens” and they suffer from being in undocumented. These people are human beings just like everyone else; they are unique and intelligent in their own way. They focus on the debate away from comprehensive reform even towards this small group of undocumented immigrants. They are standing up for themselves trying to achieve a comprehensive immigration reform even if it will not be easy. The DREAMERs also advocated organizations to create a strong and legitimate voice to the public and its population. This lead to NILC, “The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and Center for Community Change played instrumental roles in developing a strategy to push for the DREAM Act, crafting a representation of undocumented youths and their cause, and representing them to political officials. Given the lack of experience of undocumented youths in national-level activism, immigrant rights associations possessed the resources needed to transform the grievances of undocumented youths into a legitimate political voice in the public sphere” (Nicholls, 48–49). It became a great opportunity where national rights associations worked with youths to produce the core messages of the …show more content…
Nicholls ends his article by talking about the “contradictory process of voice making and silencing of multiple forms of otherness” (Nicholls, 142). The DREAMERs struggle for power and identity to influence politicians, media and the public debate. “Equal rights should be granted only on the basis that immigrants are human beings with inalienable rights. There is a consensus reaches that a legitimate ‘voice’ requires a positive image, but the results in silencing deviant identities, utterance and conduct. The contradictory process of voice making (producing a public voice necessitates silencing multiple forms of otherness) therefore results in constantly resuscitating dissenting discourse within the same movement” (Nicholls, 142). Overall, Nicholls draws on the internal movement process whereby a public voice is created, showing the empowering experience between the different young undocumented
This includes the complementary sources like the newspaper, articles, social media, and interviews. Many refer to the DREAMERs as “aliens” and they suffer from being in undocumented. These people are human beings just like everyone else; they are unique and intelligent in their own way. They focus on the debate away from comprehensive reform even towards this small group of undocumented immigrants. They are standing up for themselves trying to achieve a comprehensive immigration reform even if it will not be easy. The DREAMERs also advocated organizations to create a strong and legitimate voice to the public and its population. This lead to NILC, “The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and Center for Community Change played instrumental roles in developing a strategy to push for the DREAM Act, crafting a representation of undocumented youths and their cause, and representing them to political officials. Given the lack of experience of undocumented youths in national-level activism, immigrant rights associations possessed the resources needed to transform the grievances of undocumented youths into a legitimate political voice in the public sphere” (Nicholls, 48–49). It became a great opportunity where national rights associations worked with youths to produce the core messages of the …show more content…
Nicholls ends his article by talking about the “contradictory process of voice making and silencing of multiple forms of otherness” (Nicholls, 142). The DREAMERs struggle for power and identity to influence politicians, media and the public debate. “Equal rights should be granted only on the basis that immigrants are human beings with inalienable rights. There is a consensus reaches that a legitimate ‘voice’ requires a positive image, but the results in silencing deviant identities, utterance and conduct. The contradictory process of voice making (producing a public voice necessitates silencing multiple forms of otherness) therefore results in constantly resuscitating dissenting discourse within the same movement” (Nicholls, 142). Overall, Nicholls draws on the internal movement process whereby a public voice is created, showing the empowering experience between the different young undocumented