Pass the DREAM Act - Ideas for Change in America: Watch Out NumbersUSA. Here Comes Reform Immigration for America.

Watch Out NumbersUSA. Here Comes Reform Immigration for America.

Published June 08, 2009 @ 06:08PM PT

Money, glitz, slogans and numbers.

These are all the important things that the national immigration movement was lacking for quite a while.

Not anymore.

Welcome the Reform Immigration for America Movement.

110,000 calls and faxes to Congress in the space of a few days for 'workable solutions that move us forward while upholding our values.'

Yes, they don't address detention issues and it was hardly a place for dialogue. Yes, the slogans are quite empty and ditzy. Yes, they tokenize migrant youth while still realizing our power to mobilize. And yes, they try to co-opt grassroots energy.

But we need an immigration coalition powerhouse. We need these new media approaches. And the immigration reform movement needs some crucial victories.

Follow #RI4A and hold everyone accountable to their actions.

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Prerna Lal: San Francisco, CA; Dream ACTivist is a law-school bound queer undocumented student and blogger. Her family came to the United States legally but due to the massive USCIS backlog, she aged out on their visa petition at the age of 21. Despite not being able to drive, work, get financial aid or even instate-tuition for college, she graduated with a Masters degree at the age of 22 and since then, has been volunteering with organizations in the community and working on pro-migrant reforms such as the DREAM Act