People should be able to make online reservations as they wait in line for "Deferred Action." They won't lose their place, but, have an appointment instead.

President Obama's Executive Order was the right thing to do with a deadlocked Congress, but, the outcome to the elections in 2012 has to be to engage the Dream Act within the next two years. There is only one way to do that, put Democrats back in majority of the House and Senate. The Democrats should be running on this issue to remind their Hispanic communities there is a timeline running to insure The Dream Act is passed in the next Congress.

Representative Gutierrez can be a strong ally for making the concerns known. He could be a good spokesperson for the movement to encourage voting for those that will pass The Dream Act next time.

By Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) (click title to entry - thank you)

Tomorow from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier in Chicago, Rep. Gutierrez and others will host DREAM Relief Day.

Tomorrow, the first of perhaps a million or more people who qualify for the DREAM Act will begin stepping forward to apply and pay fees for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a form of temporary deportation relief for undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria. Each case will be evaluated individually, but I am encouraging those who meet the basic criteria to consider applying for DACA or at least get all the information they can about whether it is the right thing for them.

Thousands will join me and Senator Dick Durbin, the author of the DREAM Act, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Chicago at the Navy Pier for a workshop on the new program conducted by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and numerous local groups....